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Title
Detail of the choir loft and ceiling in a mission, Arizona or New Mexico, ca.1903
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1903
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 a the choir loft and ceiling in a mission, Arizona or New Mexico, ca.1903. A bannister runs the length of the loft with no apparent means of entry. The wall at the back of the balcony near the ceiling is severely damaged, plaster having crumbled away from the underlying structure. The ceiling rafters sit on ornately carved and painted soffits. Another two rooms are visible through an open doorway below the loft.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17265
USC-1-1-1-14073 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4993
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17265
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4993.jpg
Subject
Missions--General
Missions Miscellaneous
Missions, Spanish
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1903
Place
Arizona
New Mexico
USA
Source
1-149- [Microfiche number]
4993 [Accession number]
CHS-4993 [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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