FRANCISCAN MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA/MISSION PLAY SYNOPSIS
Entry/Object ID
97.17.1.9
Description
FRANCISCAN MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA/MISSION PLAY SYNOPSIS
Book: "The Franciscan Missions of California: Their History and Traditions with Synopsis of the Mission Play", edited by M. E. L. Allen [Mary-Allen Pinchon] (Los Angeles: M. E. L. Allen, 1912), 32 pp. A book, published by Segnogram Press in Los Angeles, that served as the official souvenir of the Mission Play Association and consisting of a printed paper cover, saddle stapled at the center and tied together with two rawhide leather strips. The front cover has an image of a vine-covered arch through which a mission building is seen and the title "California Missions" below. There is a poem for each mission by William Hooper Howells with illustrations from engravings of Henry Chapman Ford. Brief sketches on Mission history, the Mission Play, Father Junipero Serra, and Ford. The book is in good condition with a stain on the back cover showing through the last page and tears and chips on the cover. None
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Documentary Artifact, Books, Mission Play Association, Segnogram Press, Missions--California, Religious drama
