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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 October 4, 1949 reads, "F. C. Fogel swings an ancient adze on a Douglas fir timber to be used for a beam in one of the Mission shops. The men who cut the original beams used this type of tool. To duplicate the results of their work, Fogel and Omer Logan, foreman, right, use the same old-fashioned methods." Workers are participating in the restoration of the Mission San Fernando Rey de Espan~a in California.; See images #00119789 through #00119795 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
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