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Title
Museum of the Missions
Creator
Smith, Herbert L
Contributing Institution
Society of California Pioneers
Collection
California Revealed from Society of California Pioneers Collection
Rights Information
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Description
This album features photographs of etchings of California Missions done by Henry Chapman Ford.
(Insert)- Newspaper clipping regarding Herbert Smith's Mission models. 1- Newspaper clipping regarding Herbert Smith's gift of his mission models to the Berkeley School District. 3- (Text) "Dedicated to Fr. Junipero Serra". 4- (Text) " The Museum of the Missions / A Plan by Herbert L. Smith / Berkeley, California, June, 1937". 5 through 7- (Text) A brief and glorified history of the California Missions. 8- (Map) "The Missions of California / Located on / El Camino Real (The King's Highway)". 9- "San Diego de Alcala" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 10- "San Luis Rey de Francia" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 11- "San Juan Capistrano" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 12- "San Gabriel Arcangel" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 13- "San Fernando Rey de Espana" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 14- "San Buenaventura" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 15- "Santa Barbara" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 16- "La Purisma Concepcion" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 17- "Santa Ines" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 18- "San Luis Obispo de Tolosa" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 19- "San Miguel Arcangel" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 20- "San Antonio de Padua" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 21- "Nuestra Senora de Soledad" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 22- "San Carlos Borromeo" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 23- "Santa Cruz" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 24- "San Juan Bautista" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 25- "Santa Clara" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 26- "San Jose de Guadalupe" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 27- "St. Francis de Asis (Dolores)" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 28- "San Rafael Arcangel" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 29- "San Francisco Solano (Sonoma)" (Accompanied by text that tells a brief history of the mission). 30- "A crucifix carried by Fr. Junipero Serra". 31 through 34- (Text) Herbert Smith's proposal for a Mission Museum.
Type
text
Format
Original
Photograph Album
Extent
11 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.
72 Pages of 72
Identifier
csfcp_000013
C058554
ark:/13960/t18m7fv3f
Language
English
Subject
Missions--California
Time Period
1700/1860~
Provenance
Society of California Pioneers
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