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Order Number
00081881
Title
Misio´n
San
Diego
de
Alcala´
and
campanario
Studio
Flag Studio.
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Missions-San
Diego
de
Alcala´
.
Date
1959
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
La
Misio´n
San
Diego
de
Alcala´
, also
known
as
San
Diego
Mission
,
is
located
at
10818
San
Diego
Mission
Road
.
It
was
established
on
May
14
,
1769
and
founded
on
July
16th
of the
same
year
by
Father
Juni´pero
Serra
,
serving
as the
headquarters
of the
Alta
California
Mission
System
from
1769
to
1771
. This was the
first
of the
21
missions
founded
by
Serra
, and was
California's
first
church
. The
Mission
was
originally
built
overlooking
the
bay
, but
remained
there
only
five
years
as the
water
supply
was not
sufficient
for
sustaining
the
crops
, the
soil
was not
fertile
enough
, and the
American
Indians
were
intimidated
by the
military
. The
decision
to
relocate
the
Mission
six
miles
east
was
approved
and the
new
site
was
closer
to the
San
Diego
River
and the
American
Indian
villages
.
Unfortunately
this
new
location
proved
to be a
bit
problematic
, as the
land
was
difficult
to
till
and the
water
was not
always
plentiful
. But with
perseverance
, the
Mission
eventually
became
more
productive
.
Over
the
years
, the
church
was
enlarged
to
accommodate
the
growing
population
. In
1931
, the
Mission
was
rebuilt
to
mirror
the
1813
church
structure
. On
April
15
,
1970
,
Misio´n
San
Diego
de
Alcala´
was
designated
a
National
Historic
Landmark
, and was
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
-
#70000144
.
It
was also
designated
a
California
Historical
Landmark
-
#242
, and a
City
of
San
Diego
Historic
Designation
-
#113
. In
1976
,
Pope
Paul
VI
designated
Misio´n
San
Diego
de
Alcala´
as a
Minor
Basilica
.
Today
this
Mission
serves
as an
active
Catholic
parish
and
cultural
center
.
Description
Exterior
view
of the
main
entrance
to the
San
Diego
Mission
, with its
campanario
(bell
wall)
,
stone
arched
doorway
, and
showing
its
crumbling
adobe
walls
. The
bells
were
rung
at
mealtimes
, to
call
the
Mission
residents
to
work
and to
religious
services
,
during
births
and
funerals
, to
signal
the
approach
of a
ship
or
returning
missionary
, and at
other
times
;
novices
were
instructed
in the
intricate
rituals
associated
with
ringing
the
mission
bells
.
Today
,
all
five
bells
are
only
rung
in
unison
once
a
year
and that
occurs
on the
celebration
of the
anniversary
of the
founding
of the
Mission
in
July.
;
Photograph
similar
to
#00065604
.
Subject
San Diego Mission.
Missions, Spanish--California--San Diego.
Church buildings--California--San Diego.
Bell towers--California--San Diego.
Bells--California--San Diego.
Serra, Juni´pero,Saint,1713-1784.
San Diego (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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