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Souvenir of San Xavier mission, Tucson, Arizona

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    San Xavier Mission. Tucson, Arizona

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    This personal album of photographs documents a trip from the South to the West Coast of the United States with photographs by various unidentified professional photographers. The book begins with images of New Orleans, Louisiana, and continues westward to California, with 36 of the 49 photographs depicting California landmarks. The photographs are printed onto the album pages and are accompanied by handwritten captions identifying the landmark or view. This album may have been owned by C.W. Hornick, whose name is engraved on the album's front cover.

    photCL 230

  • Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona

    Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona

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    Exterior of mission buildings.

    photCL 312

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    Arizona. Tucson. Views of Tucson and San Xavier del Bac Mission

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    photCL 400 volume 2 & volume 3

  • View of altar in Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona

    View of altar in Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona

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    Interior view showing ceiling murals, pews, altar, chapel.

    photCL 312

  • View of altar in Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona

    View of altar in Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona

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    Interior view showing ceiling murals, pews, altar, chapel.

    photCL 312

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    Arizona - Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, (large print)

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    A collection of approximately 1,500 photographs and various ephemera and publications of California missions, collected by Southern California educator Connie Rothstein, with an emphasis on the San Gabriel Mission, the history of the city of San Gabriel, and the production of "The Mission Play" by John Steven McGroarty. The collection also includes late-19th and early-20th century photographs of Los Angeles and Southern California, and postcards and ephemera related to the Southern California region. Notable in the collection are 391 stereographs of missions and Los Angeles, including some by photographers William Godfrey and H. T. Payne, A. C. Varela, and Carleton Watkins. All of the California Missions are represented in the collection, plus the "sub-missions" or Asistencias of California. The mission photographs include many unusual views and details, and are a mixture of snapshots made by tourists and commercial photographs. There are many views in and around Southern California, most dating from 1880s-1920s, by various photographers. Specific topics emphasized in and around Los Angeles are: Olvera Street, Chinatown, La Fiesta de Los Angeles celebration; and the Mount Lowe Railway. There are many cabinet cards and stereographs, and six large panoramic photographs of the Los Angeles area. The ephemera include hundreds of postcards and photographic postcards, scrapbooks, and many small publications on the history of the missions and California, as well as ephemera related to "The Mission Play." Other topics in the collection are: photographs and ephemera of Monterey, California; Oregon and the Columbia River Highway; and a group of photographs of cowboys and Western culture (mid-20th century).

    photCL 496