Cathedral of Mexico City, Mexico, ca.1905-1910 (CHS-667)

Cathedral of mexico city, mexico, ca. 1905-1910 photograph of the cathedral of mexico city, mexico, ca. 1905-1910. Dual towers gird the main entrance to the church. The actual base is blocked by large trees. A station and five streetcars are in the foreground. There are also many people and several horse-drawn carriages present.;"mexico city is the largest and finest city in spanish america. Being laid out with perfect regularity, its 600 streets and lanes running at right angles north and south and east and west. The broad, well paved and well lighted streets terminate everywhere with a background of rugged sierras or snow-capped peaks, which seem quite near, but in reality are 30 or 40 miles distant. The main thoroughfares converge on the central plaza de armas (plaza mayor or main square). Here are grouped the public buildings and, towering above all, the cathedral, the largest and most sumptuous edifice in america. This church was founded in 1573 and finished in 1657, at a cost of about $2,000,000 for the walls alone. " (ca. 1905) call number: chs-667 filename: chs-667 coverage date: circa 1905/1910 part of collection: california historical society collection, 1860-1960 type: images part of subcollection: title insurance and trust, and c. C. Pierce photography collection, 1860-1960 repository name: usc libraries special collections format: glass plate negatives microfiche number: 1-224- archival file: chs_volume89/chs-667. Tiff geographic subject (city or populated place): mexico city repository address: doheny memorial library, los angeles, ca 90089-0189 subject (adlf): religious facilities geographic subject (country): mexico format (aacr2): 2 photographs: glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w; 13 x 10 cm. , 22 x 17 cm. Rights: digitally reproduced by the usc digital library; from the california historical society collection at the university of southern california project: usc accession number: 667 repository email: specol@usc. Edu contributing entity: california historical society date created: circa 1905/1910 publisher (of the digital version): university of southern california. Libraries format (aat): photographic prints; photographs legacy record id: chs-m14566; usc-1-1-1-14147 access conditions: send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Subject (file heading): mexico -- mexico city subject (lcsh): churches. Date: between circa 1905 and circa 1910 (date created).