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    Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, the fifth mission founded in San Luis Obispo, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Juan Capistrano, the seventh mission founded in California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Courtyard at Mission San Juan Capistrano, the seventh mission founded in California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission era pine needle broom and original painted wall design, California Missions ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Holy water stoup, Mission San Juan Bautista, at San Juan Bautista, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Replica kitchen at Mission San Carlos de Borromeo de Carmelo, a National Historic Landmark at Carmel, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mother of the Missions, Mission San Diego De Alcala, the first of the 21 missions founded on July 16, 1769. National Historic Landmark, San Diego, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Miguel Arcangel, the sixteenth mission founded on California chain of missions, San Miguel, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Original door with 'River of Life' design at Mission San Juan Bautista the 15th of 21 California missions. ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Rose garden and Mission Santa Barbara, the tenth mission, founded on December 4, 1786Santa Barbara, Central Coast, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Juan Capistrano, the seventh mission founded in California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Francisco De Asis, the sixth mission, founded on June 29, 1776.San Francisco, California (Burial site inside the mission) ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Carlos de Borromeo de Carmelo, a National Historic Landmark at Carmel, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Holy water stoupMission San Juan Capistrano, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Wall dado, Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, California. ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Church ceiling painted with original chevron designs at the Mother of the Missions, Mission San Diego De Alcala, the first of the 21 missions founded on July 16, 1769. National Historic Landmark, San Diego, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Wall painting and Spanish Prayer at San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission, at Carmel, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Wall painting at San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission, at Carmel, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Colorful pulpit at Mission San Francisco Solano, the 21rst (and last) mission founded on the California chain at Sonoma, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, the fifth mission founded on California mission chain.©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolsa, interior from 1947 to 2002, the 5th mission founded in 1772 on California trail. ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Teasel Carder at Mission La Purisima Concepcion, the eleventh mission, founded on December 8, 1787 at Lompoc, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Detail on bronze statue at Mission Santa Cruz, Central Coast, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Padre and Indian boy, wood sculpture at Mission San Juan Bautista, San Juan Bautista, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Decorative gate latch at Mission San Miguel Arcangel, San Miguel, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Rare wooden bell carved out of two-foot blocks of wood that was used during Holy Week when the metal bells were silent. Mission San Buenaventura, the ninth mission founded in 1782, at Ventura, on the Central Coast of California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Drum used by Native America's in the mission band at Mission San Antonio De Padua.The third mission founded on July 14, 1771 near King City, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Old Sanctus Bells at Mission San Jose, the fourteenth mission, founded on June 11, 1797.Fremont, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Bell Tower at Mission San Carlos de Borromeo de Carmelo, a National Historic Landmark at Carmel, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Carlos de Borromeo de Carmelo the second mission founded on California chain of missions. Carmel, Central Coast in California©Londie G. Padelsky

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    San Diego Mission, the first historic mission on the California chain ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission San Antonio De Padua, 3rd founded in 1771 on the Central Coast of California chain of historic missions. ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    Mission La Purisima Concepcion the eleventh founded on California mission chain. ©Londie G. Padelsky

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    'Known as 'King of the Missions' Mission San Luis Rey De Francia. The eighteenth mission founded on June 13, 1798 at Oceanside, California ©Londie G. Padelsky

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