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Title
Mission San Francisco de la Espano from behind the bell tower, San Antonio, Texas, ca.1898
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 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 San Francisco de la Espano from behind the bell tower, San Antonio, Texas, ca.1898. In the background at center, part of the ruined chapel is visible. A large brick wall is visible with small windows along its side, and part of the large bell tower can be seen in the extreme background at left. A wooden post and rail fence is seen in the foreground at right. Low trees devoid of foliage and scrub grass are the only vegetation in the vicinity. This was the third mission in San Antonio.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14674
USC-1-1-1-14103 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-797
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14674
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-797.jpg
Subject
Missions--Texas
Texas
Missions, Spanish
Missions of Texas, Arizona, Old & New Mexico
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
Bexar
San Antonio
Texas
USA
Source
1-153- [Microfiche number]
797 [Accession number]
CHS-797 [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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