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Title
Mission Santa Barbara, showing private chapel on second floor, California, 1898
Creator
Thresher, George P
Date Created and/or Issued
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 Mission Santa Barbara, showing private chapel on second floor, California, 1898. In the foreground at center, long wooden pews can be seen In the background at center, a small altar is visible. On the center of the altar, a small tabernacle is flanked by two statues of saints. A row of candleholders can be seen near the tabernacle as well. Above the altar, a small jar most likely used for incense can be seen hanging. To the right, a kneeler is visible. To the left, another statue of a saint can be seen atop a small table. Further to the left, a door is visible. Decorative paintings cover the walls and ceiling.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14405
USC-1-1-1-14095 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-460
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14405
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-460.jpg
Subject
Mission Santa Barbara
Missions, Spanish
Architecture, Spanish colonial
Churches, Catholic
Santa Barbara Mission
Religious facilities
Time Period
1898
Place
California
Santa Barbara
USA
Source
1-144-31 [Microfiche number]
460 [Accession number]
CHS-460 [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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