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San Marino, CA 91108
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A collection of albumen photographs of 12 California Missions, taken by nineteenth-century photographer William Henry Jackson sometime between 1885 and 1890. All of the photographs are titled and signed, "W.H.J. & Co." One or more images of the following missions are included: San Antonio de Padua, San Carlos Borroméo de Carmel, San Diego de Alcalá, San Fernando Rey, San Francisco de Asís, San Gabriel Arcángel, San Juan Bautista, San Juan Capistrano, San Luis Rey, San Miguel Arcángel, Santa Barbara and Santa Ines. The photographs primarily show the missions' front façades or courtyards, both in ruins and with slight repair work.
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A view of a large cross in the foreground with two bells hung on a cross bar to the right. Four people are to the left of the cross in front of a brush hut and a group are on the right behind the bells.
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View of corridor and church with a fountain in front.
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View of fields and distant houses. A fountain and two horses pulling a carriage in the foreground.
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Mission roof and north bell tower in the foreground, with view of mountains and an unidentified building behind it.
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Distant landscape view of mesa and surrounding desert. A group of Indian men and children sit in the foreground, and sheep are grazing nearby.
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