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Title
Two large mission bells hanging at eye level from a thick timber at Torin, Sonora, Mexico, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 two large mission bells hanging at eye level from a thick timber at Torin, Sonora, Mexico, ca.1900. Supported on one end by a large forked timber and on the other end by an adobe structure. Designs are visible on the bells and include a cross. A man with a moustache wearing a hat is leaning agains the forked timber at right. Behind is a low stone wall and behind that is a thatched wall. A 2-story building is visible at upper right.
Type
image
Format
5 photographs : glass photonegatives, photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15086
USC-1-1-1-14155
USC-1-1-1-14074 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1538
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15086
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1538.jpg
Subject
Mexico--Zacateca
Missions--Bells
Missions, Spanish
Buildings
Bells
Churches
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Mexico
Sonora
Torin
Source
1-224- [Microfiche number]
1538 [Accession number]
CHS-1538 [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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