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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of Mission Santa Barbara, showing inside the library, California, 1898. In the extreme foreground at left, a shelf of books can be seen with a small mounted piece of paper mounted on the side of the bookshelf. In the background at center, several large, disheveled bookshelves are visible with many books and papers strewn about. In the background at center, a small table can be seen supporting piles of books. Below the table, fragments of books and paper are visible near a small wooden chair. Legible signs around the library include:"Philosophica", ..."Encyclopediae", ..."Biblia Sacra", ..."Controversia", ..."Ascetica", ..."Catechetica", ..."Liturgica", ..."Vita Sanctorum".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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