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Title
Drawing by Edward Vischer of a night view of Indians on the banks of a river near the San Diego Mission, May 1, 1876
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Vischer, Edward
Date Created and/or Issued
1876-05-01
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 drawing by Edward Vischer of a night view of Indians on the banks of a river near the San Diego Mission, May 1, 1876. Several Indians are on the hilly right bank near dwellings erected near three tall palm trees. Others are in a canoe, others across the river on the flatter left bank. The mission is visible in background. The caption reads "Excursion of 1874", "Indian hovels at the palm group of lower San Diego Valley (the old Mission just visible in the distance)
Canoes return from Mission."
Image acquired? by C.C. Pierce around 1925.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w
13 x 18 cm., 16 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m12982
USC-1-1-1-13134 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2975
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12982
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2975.jpg
Subject
Art--Vischer, Edward
Mission San Diego
Missions, Spanish
Rivers
Indians of North America
Night
Religious facilities
Time Period
1876-05-01
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-189- [Microfiche number]
2975 [Accession number]
CHS-2975 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Edward Vischer. The Mission Era: California - Mexico Reminiscences
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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