California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Exterior view of San Diego's Old Town Mission church and church bells, ca.1898

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Exterior view of San Diego's Old Town Mission church and church bells, ca.1898

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Photograph of an exterior view of San Diego's Old Town Mission church and church bells, ca.1898. The modest, two-story saltbox building stands at center, its facade sporting wooden clapboard. The main entrance appears to be the rightmost door, which is installed in the church's main building, while a secondary door can be seen in the sloping annex just to the left of it. Two windows are arranged above the main door, just to either side of it. Near the narrow side of the church, to the right, two bells hang from a wooden frame. Scrub vegetation covers the uneven ground out front, while hills can be seen in the immediate background.

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Title Exterior view of San Diego's Old Town Mission church and church bells, ca.1898

Creator Crum, John (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1898

Subject Bells (lcsh), Churches (lcsh), Mission Church (subject), religious facilities (adlf), San Diego County -- San Diego -- Old Town (file heading), San Diego Mission (subject), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Diego (city or populated place), San Diego (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1898

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8717

Identifier 12034 (accession number), CHS-12034 (call number), CHS-12034 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9092 (legacy record id), chs-m8717 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8849 (legacy record id), 1-56- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9092

Unique identifier UC138789

Legacy Identifier CHS-12034.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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