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Title
Painting depicting the back courtyard of the old San Fernando Mission church in ruins, 1890
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1890
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 painting depicting the back courtyard of the old San Fernando Mission church in ruins, 1890. What appears to be livestock and a dog are pictured drinking water from a puddle in the right foreground, while the adobe complex of the mission church is pictured in the background with fallen walls and roofs. The main building of the complex stands to the far left, from which the cloister extends to the right. Hills are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m18096
USC-1-1-1-14083 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7940
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18096
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7940.jpg
Subject
Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana
Missions, Spanish
San Fernando Rey de Espana Mission
Religious facilities
Time Period
1890
Place
California
Los Angeles
Mission Hills
USA
Source
7940 [Accession number]
CHS-7940 [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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