San Gabriel Mission, California

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Princeton Theological Seminary (Contributor)
Contributors: James R. Tanis (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Postcard
Language:Undetermined language
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Published: s.a.
Further subjects:B Postcards
B Catholic Church
B Fine Arts
B United States ; CA ; San Gabriel
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Description
Item Description:Founded Sept . 8th, 1771. The Mission Baptistry is one of the most interesting and best preserved treasures of the Mission. The ancient hand-hammered copper baptismal font with massive hand-wrought lid was brought from Spain. The original silver shell used for baptisms was a gift to the Mission from Carlos the 3rd King of Spain