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Description
Photograph of two monks working in the blacksmith shop at Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1900. They are both wearing the traditional Franciscan habit. One, at left, holds a small item just pulled from the forge (at back) with long tongs on an anvil. He holds a hammer in his other hand. The other brother holds a large sledge hammer over his shoulder facing the first brother. Sundry blacksmith paraphernalia is visible in the wooden shop around them.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegatives, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm., 16 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Mission Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Mission Spanish & Mexican Life Religious and ecclesiastical institutions Catholic Church--Clergy Churches, Catholic Blacksmithing Missions, Spanish Franciscans Monasticism and religious orders--Habit Architecture, Spanish colonial Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California Santa Barbara USA
Source
1-144-73; 1-144-118 [Microfiche number] 4070; 4186 [Accession number] CHS-4070; CHS-4186 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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