San Diego Mission Pictures
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Map of the Franciscan Missions in California 1920, from Engelhardt

Father Serra c. 1769, from Engelhardt and closeup view

Powell sketch of Mission c. 1850, from Bancroft

Mission at its height about 1820 as painted by Henry Fitch c.1850 probably copied from Powell sketch, from Smythe

Mission as sketched by Cave Couts c. 1850 probably copied from Powell sketch, from Fabricas

Miller sketch of Mission c. 1850, from Bancroft

Serra's palm trees 1907, from Smythe

Serra's palm trees, from SDHS

Mission dam 1907, from Smythe

Mission ruins 1907, from Smythe

Mission ruins c. 1910, from LACM

archeological dig at the Mission Feb. 1968, from RB

archeological dig sign at the Mission Feb. 1968, from RB

Juan Cabrillo, from Smythe
For sources of pictures, see the San Diego History Pictures Page