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Padre's residence at La Mission La Purísima Concepción, near Lompoc (Calif.), circa 1884

Description:
Photograph of the Padre's Residence at La Mission La Purísima Concepción (also known as La Misíon la Purísima Concepción de María Santísima, or the Mission of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary). The mission was founded by Father Presidente Fermin de Lasuén on December 8, 1787, as the 11th of 21 Franciscan Missions in California, near the small settlement of Lompoc. This building contained the padre's home, office, and chapel.
Date:
[1884?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Padre's residence at La Mission La Purísima Concepción, near Lompoc (Calif.), circa 1884

Post card views of the Villa de Leon, Pershing Square and Venice Beach, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, and Venice, between 1920 and 1934

Description:
Lower photo: View of sunbathers on the beach in Venice. The wide, sandy beach runs from the foreground at left into the background at right. A multitude of people in bathing suits can be seen on the sand or in the water. Behind the beach in the background, several large beach club buildings and can be seen.
Date:
[between 1920 and 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Post card views of the Villa de Leon, Pershing Square and Venice Beach, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, and Venice, between 1920 and 1934

Original adobe chapel at the San Francisco de Asís Mission, San Francisco, circa 1887

Description:
Original adobe chapel at the Mission Dolores, with a graveyard visible at its side. The larger basilica is barely visible at the edge of the photograph. La Misión San Francisco de Asís was founded June 29, 1776, by Father Francisco Palóu, under the direction of Father Junipero Serra. Its original name was La Misión de Nuestro Padre San Francisco de Asís (The Mission of Our Father Saint Francis de Assisi). It was commonly known as Mission Dolores, after a nearby creek called Arroyo de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrows creek). It is the oldest original intact Mission in California and the oldest building in San Francisco.
Date:
[1887?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Original adobe chapel at the San Francisco de Asís Mission, San Francisco, circa 1887

Mission bells at Old Town, San Diego, 1887

Description:
Mission bells at Old Town, San Diego. The bells that chimed for Ramona's wedding, 1887. The two bells are hung from a wooden beam structure separate from the wooden slat building behind them. A man is standing in the foreground. In the background is a wood rail fence, a low hill and an adobe wall enclosing, possibly, a cemetery.
Date:
1887
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Mission bells at Old Town, San Diego, 1887

View of Sacramento Street showing a streetcar and rows of brick buildings with wooden porticos, Lodi, 1905

Description:
Photograph of a view of Sacramento Street in Lodi with a streetcar in the middle showing rows of brick buildings with wooden porticos. The dirt street is at center and disappears in the distance. There are two-story buildings on both sides of the road, and lines of utility poles run parallel to the structures. There are many pedestrians and 2 dogs visible. A horse is pulling 2 men in a buggy on the left. Legible signs include, from left to right, "Western Hotel Restaurant Grill Room Open Day and night", "Money transferred by telegraph & cable office," "The Call," "Paystation," "S. G. King Co. Dry Goods," "Carpets and Linoleum," and "Powell Bros. Props. The Racket. Handles nearly everything".
Date:
1905
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
View of Sacramento Street showing a streetcar and rows of brick buildings with wooden porticos, Lodi, 1905

Panoramic view looking south from First Street and Hill Street toward Broadway, Los Angeles, circa 1882-1895

Description:
Photograph of a panoramic view looking south from First Street and Hill Street toward Broadway. Visible buildings include City Hall (tall tower at right), First Presbyterian Church (spire at center right), numerous commercial and residential buildings. Trees are in the foreground. Legible signs include: "Crescent Coal Co.", "A.H. Neidig, real estate, [...] city [...] Pasadena [...] office"..., "Pirtle R.E. and T. Co., real estate, [...]onds"..., "Cass & S[...]er Stove Co., [...], stoves"..., "B. Sens & Son, merchant tailors, entrance on Broadway".
Date:
[circa 1882-1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Panoramic view looking south from First Street and Hill Street toward Broadway, Los Angeles, circa 1882-1895

Grocery store and gas station in mountain or rural location (unidentified), California, circa 1915-1930

Description:
Grocery store or general store and gas station in mountain or rural location in a clearing surrounded by tall trees. The building is constructed of wood with a tree trunk and logs incorporated into the structure. There is a shaded porch on the left, and several barrels with spigots next to the porch. A car and man in a white shirt are at the gas station, a covered parking area on the right side of the building. A United States flag on a tall pole is in front of the store. Legible signs include: "Groceries," "Cold drinks," "Gas 23 c [cents]," and a very faded sign reading "Auto / Shell [with Shell Company symbol]."
Date:
[circa 1915-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Grocery store and gas station in mountain or rural location (unidentified), California, circa 1915-1930

Ruins of Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia, Santa Margarita, ca. 1888-1889

Description:
Photograph of ruins of Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia, in Santa Margarita near San Louis Obispo. A wooden rail fence is on the right. The six people in front of the ruin include Mrs. Clendenen, Rev. Frederick A. Field, his wife Clara and daughter Bessie. The ground is overgrown with scrub brush.
Date:
[circa 1888-1889]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Clendenen
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Ruins of Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia, Santa Margarita, ca. 1888-1889

Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 600 block of S. Broadway St., Los Angeles, circa 1929

Description:
View from the south-west corner of 7th street and Broadway, down Broadway facing south. Legible signs include "Bank of Italy," at 660 S. Broadway, "Boos Bros" cafeteria," "Fox Palace," movie theater playing "Hallelujah M. G. M. hit," "Kress," "Bedell...Fashion Shoes," "Maximes," and "Walkers." The movie "Hallelujah" opened in 1929.
Date:
[circa 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 600 block of S. Broadway St., Los Angeles, circa 1929