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Description
Photograph of the Reverend Father Joachim Adam recounting the history of the old Mission bell to two other priests, Los Angeles, ca.1890. The bell hangs from a long metal rod supported by a folding wooden ladder standing on a boardwalk on the Mission grounds. All three priests are wearing cassocks. Part of the exterior corridor of a one-story adobe building is visible behind the group. A tree and several small plants grow in the courtyard at left. Back of photoprint reads "See 11415 and 11416". "This bell (known as the Penance Bell) was given by Henry Delano Fitch as a forfeit for his transgression when he defied the civic and eclesiastical authorities and eloped with Josefa Carillo, a Spanish California lady -- the first elopement of California -- 1829."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 17 x 22 cm. 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w glass plate negatives photographs
Adam, Joachim Plaza Church Churches, Catholic Monasticism and religious orders Bells Los Angeles--Plaza #5--Architecture--Churches--Plaza Church--2 of 2 Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
California Los Angeles Main Street USA
Source
1-14-; 1-70-9 [Microfiche number] 3869 [Accession number] CHS-3869 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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