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Drawing by Edward Vischer of a distant view of the Mission San Luis Rey, drawn May 1, 1865

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Title: Drawing by Edward Vischer of a distant view of the Mission San Luis Rey, drawn May 1, 1865
Creator: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued: 1865-05-01
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 drawing by Edward Vischer of a distant view of the Mission San Luis Rey, drawn May 1, 1865. Caption reads "Ruins of the church and buildings of the Mission of San Luis Rey
sketched May 1, 1865
© Vischer". A tall bell tower with a cross on top dominates the right front corner of the church. A long low building at the left of the church is fronted by a series of arches supporting the roof over an exterior corridor. Four mission indians stand in the vegetation in the foreground. A flock of about 8 birds fly over the mission in the background.
Type: image
Format: 3 photographs : photoprints, b&w
13 x 18 cm., 16 x 21 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier: chs-m12965
USC-1-1-1-13117
USC-1-1-1-14091 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2978...-7205
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12965
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2978.jpg
Subject: Art--Vischer, Edward
Missions, Spanish
San Luis Rey de Francia Mission
Religious facilities
Time Period: 1865-05-01
Place: California
San Diego
USA
Source: 1-140-73; 1-189- [Microfiche number]
2978; 7205 [Accession number]
CHS-2978; CHS-7205 [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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