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Description
Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Mexican vaqueros in the ruins of Mission San Margarita, ca.1864. At center, a vaquero tends his horse, which dwarfs him, while two others situate themselves in the ruins to the right, preparing for a rodeo. Fallen support beams and piled debris fill the court made by the adobe mission buildings. Text written-in below the image identifies the site. More text is written as part of the image. The in-image text reads: "Casa de St. Margarita Description. It was divided into store-rooms for different kinds of grains and apartments for the accommodation of the majordomo servants and wayfarers. At one end there was the chapel and [...] lodging rooms for the priest, who needed to stay here during harvest time and the holy priests [...] the friars [...] missions (San Miguesl and San Luis Obispo) occasionally met there, to acknowledge each other their sins.", and "Alfred Robinson's 'Life in California', page 82".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs art
Missions--Mission Santa Margarita Asistencia Mission San Miguel Arcangel (Santa Margarita Asistencia) Art--Vischer, Edward Missions, Spanish Cowboys Rodeos Mexicans Santa Margarita Asistencia Mission Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1864
Place
California San Luis Obispo USA
Source
1-139-15 [Microfiche number] 7270 [Accession number] CHS-7270 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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