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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Mission San Fernando Rey de Espan~a (originally La Misio´n del Sen~or Fernando, Rey de Espan~a) was the seventeenth mission built in Alto California. It was built in a quadrangle, similar to other missions. Founded by father Fermi´n Lasue´n on September 8, 1797 in Mission Hills, it is located on the former settlement of Encino Rancho. In 1999 is was added to the National Register of Historic Places-Building #71001076. It has also been dedicated as California Historic Landmark #157. It continues to serve as a parish church. Photograph caption dated March 17, 1954 reads, "As work is being completed on the new seminary, painters are dressing up the exterior adobe of the Old Mission church next to one of the Valley's oldest cemeteries. Long a land mark for thousands of tourists, church buildings have for years been scene for weddings and worships by Catholics."; See images #00119799 through #00119802 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
San Fernando, Rey de Espan~a (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.) Missions, Spanish--California--Los Angeles Adobe churches--California--Los Angeles Church buildings--California--Los Angeles Catholic churches--California--Mission Hills (Los Angeles) Cemeteries--California--Mission Hills (Los Angeles) Men--California--Los Angeles Painters (Tradespeople)--California--Los Angeles Painting--California--Los Angeles Paintbrushes--California--Los Angeles Crosses--California--Los Angeles Ladders Shrubs--California--Los Angeles California Historical Landmarks Mission Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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