View of Mission San Buena Ventura (Buenaventura) with pilasters along the front and topped by a pedimented gable. The photograph is a sepia image with a yellow border. Printed on recto: Mission San Buena Ventura. Founded March 31, 1782 by Father Junipero Serra. This was the ninth mission in the California chain. The mission was named for Saint Bonaventure. The section of the mission pictured here has changed very little since it was rebuilt after an 1812 earthquake. This image has a yellow border and is mounted on a gray card. Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
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