Exterior view of the Mission San Luis Obispo, ca.1870

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Luis Obispo, ca.1870. A large clump of tree foliage at the top of the Romanesque steps leading up to the mission's main building obscures most of the lower floor. Three arched windows can be seen on the second floor of the adobe mission, however, each with a bell hanging within it. Two more can be see at the building's right side. The mission's cloister stands in front along the sidewalk, its doors shaded by overhanging eaves. The roof is covered by terracotta tiles. Writing on the main building's front reads: "EST Cx" and "Reparata MDCCCLXVII".

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Title Exterior view of the Mission San Luis Obispo, ca.1870

Subject Missions -- Mission San Miguel Arcangel -- General (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Miguel Arcangel Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Monterey Street & Chorro Street (roadway), San Luis Obispo (city or populated place), San Luis Obispo (counties)

Temporal Subject 1865/1875

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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)

Date Created 1865/1875

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

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-m17979

Identifier 7740 (accession number), CHS-7740 (call number), CHS-7740 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15709 (legacy record id), chs-m17979 (legacy record id), 1-138-44 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15709

Unique identifier UC113696

Legacy Identifier CHS-7740.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 10.8 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 27.4 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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