California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana's courtyard, Los Angeles, ca.1930

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View of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana's courtyard, Los Angeles, ca.1930

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Photograph of a view of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana's courtyard, Los Angeles, ca.1930. The statue of Father Serra stands on a brick pedestal at center, pictured in profile on the move with his walking stick. A small garden is situated below the statue, its perimeter marked by low-growing hedges. A bench is situated behind to the right. Farther back, a brick fountain stands in front of the wrought-iron gate that separates the mission's portico in the background from the courtyard.

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Title View of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana's courtyard, Los Angeles, ca.1930

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1930

Subject Missions -- Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Fernando Rey de Espana Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Mission Hills (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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-m17961

Identifier 7417 (accession number), CHS-7417 (call number), CHS-7417 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17938 (legacy record id), chs-m17961 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14083 (legacy record id), 1-130-51 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17938

Unique identifier UC113599

Legacy Identifier CHS-7417.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 33.7 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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