GRAVESITE AT AN UNIDENTIFIED CALIFORNIA MISSION

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

GRAVESITE AT AN UNIDENTIFIED CALIFORNIA MISSION

Entry/Object ID

96.7.59.4

Description

GRAVESITE AT AN UNIDENTIFIED CALIFORNIA MISSION Color: Black; White A black and white photograph of an gravesite at an unidentified California mission, developed 18 March 1932. The site is marked by a low mound of dirt about six feet in length and marked at one end by a simple wooden cross. Several containers of flowers are at the base of the cross and along the top of the burial mound. The site is adjacent to a wall of the church, which has buttreesses extending at 45-degree angles. There are vines and massed shrubs growing on and along the wall of the structure. In the foreground is a flat dirt area. On the lower reverse is a stamp with the words "GENUINE KRYSTAL GLOSS / GUARANTEED FOREVER" at the top, a silhouette of a bear on all fours, within which is the date "MAR 18 1932," at the center, and the words "BEAR PHOTO SERVICE at the bottom. The stamped number "D90" is at the top right corner. With some stains and damage, particularly at the lower left corner of the image, the object is in fair condition. Number-Units: 1

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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Cemeteries--California, Churches--California, Missions--California, Tombs

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