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Title
Painting of Mission San Gabriel as seen in Alfred Robinson's book, "Life in California", ca.1838-1846
Creator
Robinson, Alfred
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1838/1846
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 of Mission San Gabriel as seen in Alfred Robinson's book, "Life in California", on page 35, lithograph of G. and W. Endicott, ca.1838-1846. The mission consists of the church, an arcade and living quarters(?). The church features a multicurved gable with five arched recesses where bells are hung. About ten buttresses provide support for the wall to the right of the gable. To the left of the church is the arcade. Behind the church is a tower. Nearby are living quarters (or residential homes?).
Type
image
Format
1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w
35 mm.
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
microfilms
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m7982
USC-1-1-1-8114 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5759
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7982
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5759.jpg
Subject
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel
Missions, Spanish
San Gabriel Mission
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1838/1846
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Gabriel
USA
Source
1-133-61 [Microfiche number]
5759 [Accession number]
CHS-5759 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
H [Microfilm reel number]
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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