This book offers a history of this California mission and what life was like during the period

This book offers a history of this California mission and what life was like during the period

Learn about the rich history of Mission San Diego de Alcalá: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.

Comprehensive history of the Jesuit, Franciscan, and Dominican missionaries in Lower California and of the Franciscans in Upper California.

"72 Collotype illustrations by the American Photogravure Co. ...; H. Friend ... took the photographs. This Chicago firm produced ... [some] interesting books [and lends proof] that many printers throughout the United States were becoming involved in photomechanical printing."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 91.