California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the ruins of the chapel of San Pedro at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, San Diego County, ca.1900

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View of the ruins of the chapel of San Pedro at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, San Diego County, ca.1900

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Photograph of a view of the ruins of the chapel of San Pedro at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, San Diego County, ca.1900. Remnants of what used to be the walls or passageways of the mission are visible in the foreground (right and left). Wild vegetation are reclaiming the land around the ruins. At far, there are two pillar-like objects, which may have originally been part of the adobe chapel.; "Life at the Mission flourished until 1834 when secularization took place and the Mission was administered by the Mexican Government. In 1846, the Mission was sold by Mexican Governor Pio Pico for $2,437.00. The Mission's property was divided up, its buildings stripped of all material goods and the Mission left for ruin. The Mission was abandoned except during the Mexican War and shortly thereafter when the United States troops, including the famous Mormon Battalion, were quartered here. The Mission was incorporated into the United States in 1850 when California became the 34th state of the Union. A patent and proclamation restoring Mission San Luis Rey to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Los Angeles was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 18, 1865, less than one month before his assassination. However, the Mission remained abandoned for an additional 30 years." -- unknown author.; "In 1892, a group of Franciscans from Zacatecas, Mexico arrived at the Mission to take up residence. Father Joseph Jeremiah O'Keefe, an Irish born, Spanish-speaking Franciscan, came shortly thereafter to San Luis Rey to supervise the Mexican Franciscans and began the arduous task of restoring the Mission with hopes of making it a Franciscan Missionary college. After preliminary repairs, the church building was rededicated on May 12, 1893 by Bishop Mora. Father O'Keefe remained at the Mission until 1912, overseeing the first major reconstruction of San Luis Rey. Through the hard work of the Franciscans led by Father O'Keefe (the re-builder), the Mission was brought back to life. The years following Father O'Keefe's departure have seen gradual, yet extensive, restoration. Further improvements and the reconstruction of Mission structures have almost completely restored the Mission to its early grandeur. Mission San Luis Rey was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. However, the Mission does not receive any Federal, State or church funds for its support. The Mission depends upon the generosity and support of its volunteers and visitors to continue the restoration efforts so that Mission San Luis Rey will remain the 'King of the Missions'." -- unknown author.

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Title View of the ruins of the chapel of San Pedro at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, San Diego County, ca.1900

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Diego (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1900

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-m8056

Identifier 5117 (accession number), CHS-5117 (call number), CHS-5117 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8382 (legacy record id), chs-m8056 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14091 (legacy record id), 1-140-71 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8382

Unique identifier UC125937

Legacy Identifier CHS-5117.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 cm at 300dpi

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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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