GLIMPSES OF CALIFORNIA AND THE MISSIONS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

GLIMPSES OF CALIFORNIA AND THE MISSIONS

Entry/Object ID

94.26.1.8

Description

Book - "California and the Missions" by Helen Hunt Jackson (Cambridge: Little Brown & Company, 1903), 292 pp. A brown fabric hardcover book with gold cover lettering and gold spine print, 36 illustrations by Henry Sandham and 3 photographs. This work, by the author of the famed novel, "Ramona", is an historical treatment of the California Missions. The book is in good condition with some discoloration and cover wear. There is a book pocket from the museum's research library on the fly leaf. Cover pages in pencil reads "None - Circulating", hand written in ink names of Missions on photos, on Santa Barbara Mission page in pencil various marks, copyright page in pencil "979.4 M 69j", inside back cover "WHT 2/1.50". The museum's research library stamp is on the book edges and title page.

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Search Terms

Documentary Artifact, Books, Agriculture--California, Indians of North America--California, Missions, Spanish--California

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Object Name

Books