Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a plaque commemorating Father Junipero Serra, Mount Rubidoux, Riverside, erected October 12, 1909. Leaning against two wooden planks (of a wall?) the metal plaque depicts Serra in front of a mission pointing heavenward with his right index finger accompanied by an altarboy while 5 Indians look on, and reads: "The beginning of civilization in California, Fra Junipero Serra, apostle, legislator, builder, to commemorate his good works this table is here placed, unveiled by William Howard Taft, twenty seventh president of the United States, October 12 A.D. 1909".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 22 x 17 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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