Title:
Mission Santa Clara and Santa Clara College, ca. 1856
Creator:
Watkins, Carleton E.
Subject:
Daguerreotypes; Mission Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.);
Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916;
Description:
This image is one of the earliest images of Mission Santa Clara and Santa
Clara College. The adobe wall extends from the Baptistry to the arch of old gate to
Major Domo Ignacio Alviso's headquarters. The building at right, known as California
Hotel, was a mission adobe that became an inn in the 1840's. It was used by Santa Clara
College for a dormitory and classroom until it fell in the 1906 earthquake. The second
floor of the California Hotel was added in 1855, by John Nobili, S.J., founder of the
College. This daguerreotype is believed to have been taken by Carleton E. Watkins
between 1855, when the clock was installed in the bell tower, and before 1857 when the
College acquired its own daguerreotype apparatus. The sign over the front gate reads
"Santa Clara College."
Publisher:
Santa Clara University Archives
Contributor:
Buildings - Mission Santa Clara
Date:
ca. 1856
Type:
Photograph
Format:
11 x 15 cm.
Identifier:
cstclu bld.msc.2.1
Source:
tgm I, lcsh, lcnaf
Language:
eng
Relation:
Silicon Valley History Online
Coverage:
ark:/13030/kt6x0nc7qk
Rights:
Santa Clara University can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims
of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of Santa Clara University's collection must be given by
Santa Clara University.