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Description
Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano bell tower, ca.1886. Ruined stone church and campanario (4 bells). To right, adobe walls from attempt to rebuild in 1862 at which time the four standing but unsafe domes were blown down with gunpowder leaving much of the stone debris in foreground. Square stone buttress erected in 1800 to strengthen partly completed stone church.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 20 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Missions--Mission San Juan Capistrano San Juan Capistrano Mission San Juan Capistrano Missions, Spanish San Juan Capistrano Mission Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1886
Place
California Orange San Juan Capistrano
Source
1-137-4 [Microfiche number] 72 [Accession number] CHS-72 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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