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Title
Ruins of the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, San Diego, ca.1898
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 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 the ruins of the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, San Diego, ca.1898. The roof has crumbled in and the bricks of the adobe walls are visible from behind cracking spackle to either side. The roof beams remain above, although most of them bow downward, and the last in the series of four has broken in half. Terracotta tiles from the roof fill the space between the walls. Along with fallen roof beams. Door openings can be seen in both the left and right wall, although no doors are present.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w
35 mm.
photographic prints
microfilms
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17879
USC-1-1-1-14099 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6876
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17879
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6876.jpg
Subject
Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad
Missions, Spanish
Nuestra Senora de la Soledad Mission
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-122-8 [Microfiche number]
6876 [Accession number]
CHS-6876 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
J [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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