Title supplied by cataloger. Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, also known as the San Gabriel Mission, is a former Roman Catholic mission and current historic landmark; it was the fourth of 21 California missions to be founded. The mission was designed by Father Antonio Cruzado, and was built from 1791 to 1805 out of cut stone, brick, and mortar. Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, often referred to as the "Godmother of the Pueblo of Los Angeles", was added in 1971 as a National Historic Landmark, building #71000158. It is also a California Historical Landmark, No. 158. Two addresses are given for the mission: 428 South Mission Drive, and 537 West Mission Drive at Junipero Street. View of a crop field and the ruins of an unidentified building, somewhere within the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel grounds. The goal of the Mission was, above all, to become self-sufficient in relatively short order. Farming, therefore, was the most important industry of any mission. Sadly, a majority of the mission structures fell into ruins after it was secularized in November 1834, as seen here. Verso reads: "Ruins of the original San Gabriel Mission as they appeared in the early 1880's". But a disclaimer below that reads: "Obviously incorrect as the original site was abandoned in 1776. This was probably on the present site".
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 25 cm. Photographic prints
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.) Missions, Spanish--California--San Gabriel Crops--Growth Excavations (Archaeology) Cruzado, Antonio San Gabriel (Calif.)
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