Historic tree at Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Monterey, ca.1888

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Title Historic tree at Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Monterey, ca.1888

Description Photograph of the historic tree at Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Monterey, ca.1888. The tree stands at center, growing from the slope of a hill that feeds into the dry ravine at left. In the background left, the gaurd rail of a bridge can be seen.; "Viscaino hung bell on this tree and held mass in 1602 and Father Juniper Serra utilized it for the same purpose June 3, 1770 when he first landed to establish a mission for Saint Charles. [Also the boat was tied here.] The tree fell early in 1900 and the trunk was removed to the garden at rear of San Carlos Mission in Monterey. Photo made by a Mr. Adams [a photographer of Monterey about 1890] abt. 1880 and [negative] purchased from him about 1895 by C.C. Pierce". -- Unknown author.

Creator Adams (photographer)

Contributor Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (compiler)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1888

Subject Carmel Mission (subject), Churches (lcsh), grasslands (adlf), Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), Monterey County -- Monterey (file heading), San Carlos Church (subject), Serra, Junipero (file heading), Trees (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1888

Type images

Format 5 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm., 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8437

Identifier 1382 (accession number), CHS-1382 (call number), CHS-1382 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8753 (legacy record id), chs-m8437 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7658 (legacy record id), 1-126-1 (microfiche number), 1-127-2 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8753

Unique identifier UC138430

Legacy Identifier CHS-1382.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.2 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
43.7 cm × 33.6 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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