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Blessing of the Animals at four-day Fiesta de San Gabriel at San Gabriel Mission, Calif., 1960

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Title: Blessing of the Animals at four-day Fiesta de San Gabriel at San Gabriel Mission, Calif., 1960
Contributor: Brush, Gib
Date Created and/or Issued: August 24, 1960
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-3069
Description: SAN GABRIEL MISSION TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY-"Blessing of the Animals" will be part of the four-day Fiesta de San Gabriel beginning Sept. 2. Here, Fr. Bernard O'Connor, mission pastor, rehearses Virginia Martinez, fiesta queen; Patricia Hernandez, with her mynah bird, and Joe Vargas, with his pet turtle. The mission is 189 years old.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b439_205314
ark:/21198/zz0002qx56
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Animals
Benediction
Mexican American Catholics
Catholic Church--Liturgy
Prayers for animals
Catholic Church--Clergy
Religion
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)--Anniversaries, etc
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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