Shades of Escondido - Mission San Luis Rey

Shades of Escondido - Mission San Luis Rey

19th Century
California
Mission San Luis Rey De Francia
Kingdom of Missions
Religious Missions
Before restoration
Demolition
Spanish Missionaries
Padre Fermin Lasuen

One of the first digital images of the San Luis Rey Church, a centre point for Mission San Luis Rey De Francia, before it was restored by Spanish missionaries. The year is thought to be 1893. Religious buildings surrounded by rubble, thought to be prior to reconstruction by European missionaries.
It was thought to have been one of the largest religious buildings inside the California state, and was the 18th of the California missions to take place. The King of the Missions was founded on June 13th, 1798, and continued another 36 years. Between the years of 1789 and 1832, San Luis Rey produced around 411,000 bushels of grain, and other various produce including wheat, barley and corn. The Indigenous people whom joined this mission were referred to as Payomkowishum.

Unknown

California State Library, California History Room, 900 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Preserved by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project

https://archive.org/details/c_000093

circa 1893

Hannah Wiseman

California Light and Sound Collection, California State Library, as above.

English

Visual - photograph

19th century California