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William Gibbs McAdoo, John Willis Baer, and group posing with billboard advertising Golden Rule Week at Golden Rule Foundation Pageant, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
William Gibbs McAdoo and group of about 50 people, mostly children, many in international dress, some in Scout uniforms, many waving American flags, in front of billboard reading "International Golden Rule Week, Dec. 7-14, Bread, Schools, Clothing, For children Everywhere..." Golden Rule Foundation
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
William Gibbs McAdoo, John Willis Baer, and group posing with billboard advertising Golden Rule Week at Golden Rule Foundation Pageant, Los Angeles, 1930

Victor Emmanuel Monument, view from Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 1929

Description:
View of the Monumento Nazionale Vittorio Emmanuele II (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II) from Piazza Venezia in Rome. Victor Emmanuel was the first king of unified Italy. The monument was built between 1911 and 1935 and features a central statue of Victor Emmanuel on a horse, Corinthian columns, a wide stairway and two statues of the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas, a chariot drawn by four horses. The monument is built out of white marble and houses the museum of Italian Reunification and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Date:
March 31, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Victor Emmanuel Monument, view from Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 1929

Santa Monica city officials at Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 1934

Description:
About 12 men and 13 women posing with bus and driver outside entrance to Mission San Juan Capistrano, probably en route to San Diego Harbor for dedication of plaque for S.S. Constitution. Mayor William H. Carter can be identified at left. Bus reads: Special, City Offi[cials], Good Wi[ll?], Santa Monica. Mission facade reads: 1776, Mission San Juan Capistra[no], Founded Nov.-1-1776. by Fray Junipero Serra. "Worth-A-Visit."
Date:
March 10, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Santa Monica city officials at Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 1934

Santa Barbara Mission, showing the main church altar, Santa Barbara, 1898

Description:
Interior view of the mission church towards wooden pews, the wooden altar rail with balusters, two large paintings on the right wall and one painting, a statue of Jesus Christ and a window on the left wall, and the altar with a tabernacle and candleholders. Behind the altar on the altarpiece are five statues in niches separated by colonnettes with trompe-l'oeil marble decoration. A garland and fret decoration are painted in trompe-l'oeil technique along the top of the wall.
Date:
1898
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Thresher, G. P. (George P.)
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Santa Barbara Mission, showing the main church altar, Santa Barbara, 1898

San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, view towards cemetery, bell cote and chapel, Pala, circa 1900

Description:
General view of the cemetery, bell cote (bell gable, campanario, espadaña) and chapel of San Antonio de Pala Asistencia. The Pala Mission was a sub-mission to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, some twenty miles inland upstream from the mission on the San Luis Rey River. The cemetery, behind an eroding adobe wall, contains the remains of hundreds of Indian converts and early California settlers and was still in use as of 2005. Mountains are visible in the background.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Thresher, G. P. (George P.)
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, view towards cemetery, bell cote and chapel, Pala, circa 1900

San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, external view, Pala, 1922

Description:
External view of mission chapel, which is located in the Pala Indian Reservation in San Diego County. The official name is now Mission San Antonio de Pala but it has also been identified as San Antonio de Pala Asistencia or the "Pala Mission." This is the only historic mission facility still serving a Mission Indian tribe.
Date:
May 30, 1922
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, external view, Pala, 1922

San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, bell cote, Pala, circa 1888-1903

Description:
A view of the bell cote (bell gable, campanario, espadaña) from the back at San Antonio de Pala Asistencia. The bell cote is unique among the California missions as a free-standing structure. The original bell cote was destroyed by torrential rains in 1916 and was replaced by a precise replica immediately. The Pala Mission was a sub-mission to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, some twenty miles inland upstream from the mission on the San Luis Rey River.
Date:
[circa 1888-1903]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, bell cote, Pala, circa 1888-1903

San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, bell cote, Pala, 1898

Description:
A view of the bell cote from the back at San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, showing steps leading up to the bell cote. The bell cote (bell gable, campanario, espadaña) is unique among the California missions as a free-standing structure. The original bell cote was destroyed by torrential rains in 1916 and was replaced by a precise replica immediately. The cemetery's picket fence is visible in the foreground. The Pala Mission was a sub-mission to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, some twenty miles inland upstream from the mission on the San Luis Rey River.
Date:
1898
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, bell cote, Pala, 1898

Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading down toward the main palace building, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929

Description:
Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in the small town of San Ildefonso, which is in the hills near Segovia, north of Madrid, Spain. The palace is in a baroque style. It was once the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, now it is open to the public. This view shows a gradually declining staircase, lined with small plinths and a lion statue. The stairs lead to a pool and a small statue of several women perched on a rock. The main palace building is beyond the pool.
Date:
[May 17, 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, view of stairs leading down toward the main palace building, San Ildefonso, Spain, 1929