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"Mission Bells" San Gabriel, Cal.
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Description
Order Number
00079275
Title
"
Mission
Bells
"
San
Gabriel
,
Cal
.
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Missions-San
Gabriel-Arcangel
Date
1900
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;11
x
13
cm
.
Notes
Photograph
was
taken
by a
member
of the
Los
Angeles
Camera
Club
.
Historical Data
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
founding
date
was
September
8
,
1771
, and
Padres
Pedro
Benito
Cambon
and
Angel
Fernandes
de
la
Somera
were the
founding
priests
. The
mission
was
built
from
1791
to
1805
out
of
cut
stone
,
brick
, and
mortar
, and
is
the
oldest
structure
of its
kind
south
of
Monterey
, Ca.
It
was
designed
by
Father
Antonio
Cruzado
, and
is
often
referred
to as the "
Godmother
of the
Pueblo
of
Los
Angeles
".
Father
Cruzado
gave
the
building
its
strong
Moorish
architectural
influence
, with
capped
buttresses
and
tall
,
narrow
windows
,
which
are
unique
among
the
missions
of the
California
chain
. In the
early
mission
era
,
it
came
to be
known
as the "
Pride
of the
Missions
" and
became
the
wealthiest
of
all
the
early
missions
due
to its
large
production
of
crops
and
trading
of
cattle
hides
and
wine
. On
October
1
,
1987
the
Whittier
Narrows
Earthquake
heavily
damaged
the
mission
, but
it
was
fully
restored
between
1987
and
1993
.
Today
,
San
Gabriel
possesses
perhaps
the
finest
collection
of
mission
relics
in
existence
.
It
has a
hammered
copper
baptismal
font
that was the
gift
of
King
Carlos
III
of
Spain
in
1771
, and
six
priceless
altar
statues
that were
brought
around
the
Horn
from
Spain
in
1791
.
Mission
San
Gabriel
Arcangel
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
.
Description
Early
view
of the
six-bell
"
campanario
"
(or
"
bell
wall")
located
adjacent
to the
chapel's
east
facade
, at the
far
end
of the
church
, with a
thin
but
ornate
cross
at the
very
top
. This
large
six-bell
campanario
was
built
after
the
original
three-bell
structure
toppled
during
the
1812
Wrightwood
Earthquake
. In
olden
times
,
bells
were
vitally
important
to
daily
life
at any
mission
. The
bells
were
rung
at
mealtimes
, to
call
the
Mission
residents
to
work
and to
religious
services
,
during
births
and
funerals
, as
well
as to
signal
the
approach
of a
ship
or
returning
missionary
, etc.
When
this
photograph
was
taken
, the
palm
trees
were
still
saplings
and the
road
had not
yet
been
paved
.
Subject
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.).
Missions, Spanish--California--San Gabriel.
Church buildings--California--San Gabriel.
Bells--California--San Gabriel.
Cruzado, Antonio.
San Gabriel (Calif.).
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
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Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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