Blessing of the Animals at four-day Fiesta de San Gabriel at San Gabriel Mission, Calif., 1960

Item Overview

Title: Blessing of the Animals at four-day Fiesta de San Gabriel at San Gabriel Mission, Calif., 1960
Photographer: Brush, Gib
Date Created: August 24, 1960
Date: 1960-08-24
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Notes

Caption: SAN GABRIEL MISSION TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY-"Blessing of the Animals" will be part of the four-day Fiesta de San Gabriel beginning Sept. 2. Here, Fr. Bernard O'Connor, mission pastor, rehearses Virginia Martinez, fiesta queen; Patricia Hernandez, with her mynah bird, and Joe Vargas, with his pet turtle. The mission is 189 years old.

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Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 10 x 12.5 cm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Names: Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)--Anniversaries, etc.
Location: San Gabriel (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Religion
Catholic Church--Liturgy
Benediction
Prayers for animals
Mexican American Catholics
Catholic Church--Clergy
Animals

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Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b439_205314
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002qx56
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