Color: Black; White
A black and white photograph of the courtyard as Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca. 1920s. Across the center is a field and at the left is a sign with the words, "NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION / DONATIONS SOLICITED IN UNITS OF $50.00 EACH / WILL YOU GIVE A UNIT? AMOUNT NEEDED $2000.00." Behind this is a barbed-wirw fence and a construction area. Across the back is the mission which has an arcade across the front of the bottom. Many windows and doors are behind the arcade. The building is one-story at the middle and two at the far left and right. Along the second floor of the left are many windows. At the right are three windows and an arched tower topped by a cross. The roof is lined with ceramic shingles. On the bottom right corner of the back is the number, "4." The photograph was housed in Agnes Temple's album which is item 96.7.94.1 along with many other photographs which span 96.7.1.1-.93.1. Contact sheets 2000.159.1.1-.8 show the original positioning of the images within the album. With some yellowing of the paper and small stains along the top, the artifact is in good overall condition.
Number-Units: 1
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Arches, Architecture, Courtyards
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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Missions--San Luis Obispo (Calif.), Arcades, Historic buildings--San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)
