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Title
View of the ruins of the first La Purisima Concepcion Mission, showing a large earthquake crack on the hill in the background, ca.1898
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1898
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a view of the ruins of the first La Purisima Concepcion Mission, showing a large earthquake crack on the hill in the background, Lompoc, ca.1898. Several animals appear to be grazing on the hill in the background. In the foreground are remnants of the first mission. A line of sticks (possibly for fences?) section off certain areas.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10779
USC-1-1-1-14076 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8658
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10779
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8658.jpg
Subject
La Purisima Concepcion Mission
Missions--Mission La Purisima Concepcion
Mission La Purisima Concepcion
Missions, Spanish
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
California
Lompoc
USA
Source
1-80-49 [Microfiche number]
8658 [Accession number]
CHS-8658 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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