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Title
Monk tilling the garden at Mission Santa Barbara, 1898
Creator
Thresher, George P
Date Created and/or Issued
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 monk tilling the garden at Mission Santa Barbara, 1898. At center, a monk wearing a cassock and a small cap can be seen pushing a small plow between rows of vegetation. Behind the monk, additional vegetation can be seen extending far into the background. A long stone wall is visible in the background extending from left to right. Large trees are visible on the far side of the wall. In the extreme background at left, large hills can be seen.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14422
USC-1-1-1-14095 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-481
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14422
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-481.jpg
Subject
Mission Santa Barbara
Missions, Spanish
Architecture, Spanish colonial
Churches, Catholic
Santa Barbara Mission
Religious facilities
Time Period
1898
Place
California
Santa Barbara
USA
Source
1-144-49 [Microfiche number]
481 [Accession number]
CHS-481 [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
chs-m265

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