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Title
Painting depicting the front courtyard, priests' and old tombs of the Mission San Gabriel, 1888
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1888
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 depicting the front courtyard, priests' and old tombs of the Mission San Gabriel, 1888. The tall adobe complex of the mission is pictured in the background, its bells visible hanging from holes in the central wall from which long, roofed buildings extending to either side. A smaller adobe building stands in the left foreground behind a leafless tree, while two rectangular tombs are pictured at center. A second tree can be seen to the right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m18099
USC-1-1-1-14086 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7944
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18099
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7944.jpg
Subject
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel
Missions, Spanish
San Gabriel Arcangel Mission
Religious facilities
Time Period
1888
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Gabriel
USA
Source
1-133-88 [Microfiche number]
7944 [Accession number]
CHS-7944 [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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