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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 November 3, 1954 reads, "More than 500 Valley Catholics mass around the Rev. Charles Burns at cemetery near San Fernando Mission for All Souls Day requiem mass. Choir of 300 voices from Our Lady Queen of Angels Junior Seminary participated."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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