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Title
Christening of a baby, outside, under old mission bells, ca.1910
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 christening of a baby, outside, under old mission bells, ca.1910. The baptism took place in either Arizona or at Mission Assistencia Santa Ysabel in San Diego. The priest, the parents with infant, and a woman are standing near old mission bells hanging from a wooden frame. A horse is tethered to one of the posts of the frame.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
15 x 18 cm., 13 x 18 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13165
USC-1-1-1-13318 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-577
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13165
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-577.jpg
Subject
Catholic Church
Infants
Catholic Church--Clergy
Baptism
Bells
Horses
Missions, Spanish
Portraits--Group--Religion
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
Arizona
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-156-; 1-219 [Microfiche number]
577 [Accession number]
CHS-577 [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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