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Title
Mission San Francisco de Asis (Dolores) from the front, ca.1887
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1887
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 Mission San Francisco de Asis (Dolores) from the front, ca.1887. A cross is at the apex of the roof of the church. Four columns arc over the main entryway, and three small bells can be seen at the top of the façade. The cemetery is visible behind a fence at left. Several tall graves can be seen over the fence and through the thick vegetation. At right, ruins of walls are visible. The mission was founded October 9, 1776.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15537
USC-1-1-1-14084 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2333
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15537
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2333.jpg
Subject
Mission San Francisco de Asis (Dolores)
Missions, Spanish
Cemeteries
San Francisco de Asis (Dolores) Mission
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1887
Place
California
San Francisco
Source
1-131-5 [Microfiche number]
2333 [Accession number]
CHS-2333 [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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