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Title
Mission San Diego de Alcala, California. Interior of old town chapel, ca.1889
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1889
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 the ruin of Mission San Diego de Alcala (founded 1769), California, ca.1889. Interior of old town chapel (where Ramona was married
Ramona was made famous in the novel of the same name by Helen Hunt Jackson). Pews run up the center of the room towards the altar. Five statues of figures plus a large crucifix are on or near the altar. A tapestry hangs behind. Several framed pictures with crosses on them hang from the side walls.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14487
USC-1-1-1-14081 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-556
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14487
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-556.jpg
Subject
Missions--Mission San Diego Alcala
Missions, Spanish
San Diego Alcala Mission
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1889
Place
California
San Diego
Source
1-128-8 [Microfiche number]
556 [Accession number]
CHS-556 [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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