Exterior view of Mission San Luis Rey from the rear, showing the cemetery and mortuary chapel, San Diego, California, ca.1887

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Title	Exterior view of Mission San Luis Rey from the rear, showing the cemetery and mortuary chapel, San Diego, California, ca.1887
Description	Photograph of the exterior view of Mission San Luis Rey from the rear, showing the cemetery and mortuary chapel, San Diego, California, ca.1887. The cemetery (at left) and nearby buildings, including the church (center), are in dilapidated condition. Rocks, twigs, and wild grass cover the cemetery lot. Picket-fence-like boundaries complemented with crosses can be seen near the mortuary chapel (possibly marking grave spots?). Parts of the dome roof and the wall of the nearby mortuary chapel have crumbled. Behind the mortuary chapel stands a tall dome-capped tower. Caption reads: "rear view of San Luis Rey Mission before renovation."; "Although the last mission to be founded in the south, San Luis Rey the 'King of the Missions' came to be the largest and richest of all. A great quadrangle was 500 feet on a side. An intricate aqueduct system supplied water for the mission and gardens as well as for pools used for bathing and laundry. In the year 1831 an incredible 16,000 cattle, 25,500 sheep and 2,150 horses graced the far-flung ranchos. 395,000 bushels of grain and 2,500 barrels of wine were produced by that same year. Mexico, once free from Spain, began to divide the spoils of the mission system. Governor Pio Pico and his brother alone appropriated 90,000 acres of Mission San Luis Rey land for themselves. By 1846 the last vestige of mission life had disappeared. Finally, the U. S. Government gathered the last of the Indians into a 'temporary' home on a reservation at Pala. They are still there, the only original site where Mission Indians are still ministered to. The original decree, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 18, 1861, which returned the mission buildings and a few surrounding acres to the Church, is displayed today in the mission museum. Even so, years of vandalism and neglect followed before Franciscans from Mexico returned in 1892, to begin a restoration which has recaptured much of the grandeur of old." -- unknown author.
Subject	San Luis Rey de Francia Mission
Subject (adlf)	religious facilities
Subject (file heading)	Missions -- Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Subject (lcsh)	Missions, Spanish
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	San Luis Rey
Geographic subject (county)	San Diego
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1887
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946; Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1887
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	5874
Call number	CHS-5874
Microfiche number	1-140-59
Legacy record ID	chs-m17495; USC-1-1-1-14091
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-5874
Archival file	chs_Volume99/CHS-5874.tiff

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