California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Plaque commemorating Father Junipero Serra, Mount Rubidoux, Riverside, October 12, 1909

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Plaque commemorating Father Junipero Serra, Mount Rubidoux, Riverside, October 12, 1909

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Photograph of a plaque commemorating Father Junipero Serra, Mount Rubidoux, Riverside, erected October 12, 1909. Leaning against two wooden planks (of a wall?) the metal plaque depicts Serra in front of a mission pointing heavenward with his right index finger accompanied by an altarboy while 5 Indians look on, and reads: "The beginning of civilization in California, Fra Junipero Serra, apostle, legislator, builder, to commemorate his good works this table is here placed, unveiled by William Howard Taft, twenty seventh president of the United States, October 12 A.D. 1909".

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Title Plaque commemorating Father Junipero Serra, Mount Rubidoux, Riverside, October 12, 1909

Subject historical sites (adlf), Plaques, plaquettes--California (lcsh), Riverside County -- Mount Rubidoux (file heading), Serra, Junipero (file heading), Serra, Junípero, 1713-1784 (naf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1909-10-12

Type images, physical objects

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 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)

Date Created 1909-10-12

Contributor Frank Miller (provenance)

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-m8045

Identifier 3814 (accession number), CHS-3814 (call number), CHS-3814 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8371 (legacy record id), chs-m8045 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8176 (legacy record id), 1-148- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8371

Unique identifier UC125936

Legacy Identifier CHS-3814.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.3 in × 17.3 in at 300dpi
33.9 cm × 44.0 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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