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Title
Historic headboard
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Steele, Bob
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
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 February 23, 1956 reads, "Pat Gibford admires detail in headboard of bed used by distinguished visitors to mission. Although some furniture has been restored, mission curators are still rebuilding or acquiring old furnishings to restore rooms to original state."; See images #00119806 through #00119810 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00119810
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d023_f21_i30
CARL0005382729
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/52658
Subject
San Fernando, Rey de Espan~a (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)
Missions, Spanish--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Religious articles--California--Los Angeles
Murals--California--Mission Hills (Los Angeles)
Crucifixes
Beds--California--Los Angeles
Interiors--California--Mission Hills (Los Angeles)
Pointing (Gesture)--California--Los Angeles
California Historical Landmarks
Mission Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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