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Description
Identifier
clloy_179
Title
Interior
San
Gabriel
Mission
,
So
.
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1910-1930
Subject (Topic)
Catholic
church
buildings--California--San
Gabriel
;
Spanish
mission
buildings--California--San
Gabriel
;
Missions
,
Spanish--California--San
Gabriel
;
Subject (Name)
Mission
San
Gabriel
Arcangel
(San
Gabriel
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
San
Gabriel
(Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
DE
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language
eng
Description
An
interior
view
of the
San
Gabriel
Mission
looking
towards
the
altar
.
Paintings
hang
along
the
walls
of the
chapel
, and
several
large
sculpted
figures
stand
behind
the
altar
.
Historical Background
The
San
Gabriel
Mission
is
the
fourth
of
Alta
California's
21
Franciscan
missions
,
sometimes
called
the "
Queen
of the
Missions
"
due
to its
wealth
and
prosperity
.
It
was
originally
founded
in
1771
by
Fathers
Angel
Somera
and
Pedro
Bonito
Cambon
on
another
site
nearer
to the
San
Gabriel
River
, but was
moved
in
1775
after
the
river
flooded
. The
new
building's
architecture
was
influenced
by the
cathedral
at
Cordoba
,
Spain
. In its
early
years
, the
mission
functioned
as a
garrison
for
Spanish
soldiers
charged
with
protecting
the
region
,
although
the
soldiers
'
conduct
toward
the
natives
sometimes
provoked
more
violence
than
it
pacified
. In
1781
,
settlers
from the
San
Gabriel
mission
founded
the
Pueblo
de
la
Reina
de
Los
Angeles
nine
miles
to the
West
. As the
pueblo
grew
into a
city
, the
mission's
prosperity
grew
as
well
. The
church
was
home
to a
hammered
copper
baptismal
font
,
given
by
King
Carlos
III
of
Spain
in
1771
, as
well
as
six
valuable
altar
statues
brought
from
spain
in
1791
. In
1834
,
after
the
secularization
of the
missions
, its
cattle
and
other
valuables
were
soon
plundered
. The
buildings
fell
into
disrepair
until
1908
,
when
a
group
of
Claretian
Missionary
Fathers
began
restoration
work
.
Although
the
mission
was
damaged
in a
1987
earthquake
,
much
of the
original
complex
has
since
been
restored
.
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: 102
Additional Notes
Printed
in
Germany
;
Photograph
by
Chas
.
Weidner
,
San
Francisco
;
Printed
on
textured
paper
.
Contributors
Weidner
,
Charles
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
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Collection
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