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Title
Ruins of Mission San Diego de Alcala
Contributor
Unknown (Creator)
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
San José State University Archives Photograph Collection
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/special_coll/copyright_info_sc.htm
Description
View of Mission San Diego de Alcala in a decaying state. A lone bell sits where the campanario that held five bells once stood. Two males appear in the foreground. The photograph is a sepia image with a yellow border.
Printed on recto: Ruins of Mission San Diego de Alcala. Founded July 16, 1769 by Father Junipero Serra. This was the first mission in the California chain. The mission was named for Saint Didacus of Alcala. This image has a yellow border and is mounted on a gray card.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
4.4 x 7.1 in.
Identifier
islandora:81_1171
filename: ua_mission_009
oclc: 645002007
islandora: 81_1171
Language
English
Subject
Community life
Missions
San Diego Mission
Place
San Diego
California
Relation
San Jose State University Archives Photograph Collection

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