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Description
Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Mission San Diego as seen from a distance, sketched April 20, 1874. An Indian dwelling can be seen in the left foreground. The mission itself is situated in the hills beyond a grove of trees in the middle of which a small building sits. Animals (horses?, cows?) and people are nearby. A river flows in the foreground. Caption reads: "S.E. view of the church ruin, walls, and orchard grounds of San Diego, the first founded Franciscan mission in upper California (1709)."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs art
Art--Vischer, Edward Missions--Mission San Diego Alcala Missions, Spanish Indians of North America Rivers San Diego Alcala Mission Religious facilities
Time Period
1874-04-20
Place
California San Diego USA
Source
1-128-30; 1-189- [Microfiche number] 2976; 7203 [Accession number] CHS-2976; CHS-7203 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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