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Title
Mission Santa Clara
Contributor
Gordon, John C. (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
John C. Gordon Photographic Collection
Rights Information
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Description
Photograph shows the exterior facade of the adobe mission church at Mission Santa Clara framed between two large palm trees. A large cross stands in front of the church.
Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded in 1777. The current location in Santa Clara is the fifth site of the Mission; work began on this site in 1822 and the church was dedicated in 1825. In 1861 the adobe facade of the church was overlaid with an Italianate Victorian facade. This church was destroyed by fire in October 1926. It was rebuilt on the same site and consecrated in 1929. The cross in front of the church is the cross erected at the first Mission Santa Clara site in 1777. This cross has stood at each subsequent mission site. From: "Santa Clara University - Mission History" http://www.scu.edu/missionchurch/history/index.cfm (accessed 10/10/11); "Mission Santa Clara Facade, 1866" http://content.scu.edu/u?/claravision,109 (accessed 10/10/11); and "Encased Mission Santa Clara Cross located in front of Mission Church" http://content.scu.edu/u?/claravision,90 (accessed 10/10/11).
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
8 x 10 in.
Identifier
islandora:78_2182
filename: jcg_churches_mission_santa_clara_002
oclc: 798965058
islandora: 78_2182
Subject
Religion
Mission churches
Missions
Crosses
Palms
Santa Clara Mission
Place
Santa Clara
California
Relation
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection

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