Skip to main content

Marquis McDonald Photographs

Owning Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

About this Collection

Photographic images of Jesuit and Dominican missions by Marquis McDonald, traveller and writer, during a 1949-1950 overland trip down the Baja California peninsula. Many of the images illustrate McDonald's book BAJA: LAND OF LOST MISSIONS (1968). Original photgraphs held by the UC San Diego Library have been digitized. View this collection on the contributor's website.
View collection guide.

View our statement on digital primary resources and historical description.

Go to Institution Page

Type of Item

Select all Deselect all

Decade

Select all Deselect all

185 items found in this collection

of 8
Approaching Lake Chapala
Arroyo San Ignacio
Bahía Concepción
Bahía Concepción
Bahía Concepción
Beach at La Paz
Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas
Calamyget Mission, ruins
Camping near Cataviña Ranch
Chapel San Antonio Real
Church in La Paz
Cirio plants near Catavina Ranch
Comondu Mission
Dam at Mulege, Mission in Background
Date Palms, San Ignacio
Descanso Mission, ruins
Dolores del Norte Mission, ruins
Dolores del Sur Mission, ruins
El Pilar at Todos Santos Mission
El Rosario Mission, ruins
Ensenada and Todos Santos Bay
Ensenada Todos Santos Bay
of 8