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Original adobe chapel at the San Francisco de Asís Mission, San Francisco, circa 1887

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Title: Original adobe chapel at the San Francisco de Asís Mission, San Francisco, circa 1887
Alternative Title: Mission Dolores, San Francisco
Contributor: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued: 1887
[1887?]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Pierce (C.C.) Photographic Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Original adobe chapel at the Mission Dolores, with a graveyard visible at its side. The larger basilica is barely visible at the edge of the photograph. La Misión San Francisco de Asís was founded June 29, 1776, by Father Francisco Palóu, under the direction of Father Junipero Serra. Its original name was La Misión de Nuestro Padre San Francisco de Asís (The Mission of Our Father Saint Francis de Assisi). It was commonly known as Mission Dolores, after a nearby creek called Arroyo de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrows creek). It is the oldest original intact Mission in California and the oldest building in San Francisco.
Type: image
Identifier: uclamss_1756_0144_c0031
ark:/21198/zz002b15hv
Language: English
Subject: Historic buildings--California--San Francisco
Cemeteries--American--California--San Francisco
Religion
Landmarks
Chapels--California--San Francisco
Missions--California--San Francisco
Culture
San Francisco de Asís Mission (San Francisco, Calif.)
Source: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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