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Image:Building a Mission.jpg|{{Building a Mission.jpg/credit}}<br />Construction of the first Santa Bárbara mission. | Image:Building a Mission.jpg|{{Building a Mission.jpg/credit}}<br />Construction of the first Santa Bárbara mission. | ||
Image:Battle-at-Mission-Santa-Barbara-in-1824.jpg|{{Battle-at-Mission-Santa-Barbara-in-1824.jpg/credit}}<br />The battle at Mission Santa Barbara in 1824. | Image:Battle-at-Mission-Santa-Barbara-in-1824.jpg|{{Battle-at-Mission-Santa-Barbara-in-1824.jpg/credit}}<br />The battle at Mission Santa Barbara in 1824. | ||
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Image:Two carts with grand people.jpg|{{Two carts with grand people.jpg/credit}}<br />"Two carts with grand people, two more carts with Indian servants." | Image:Two carts with grand people.jpg|{{Two carts with grand people.jpg/credit}}<br />"Two carts with grand people, two more carts with Indian servants." | ||
Image:Santa Barbara Alemany Plat.jpg|{{Santa Barbara Alemany Plat.jpg/credit}}<br />The "Alemany Plat" prepared by the U.S. Land Surveyor's Office to define the property restored to the Catholic Church by the Public Land Commission, later confirmed by presidential proclamation. | Image:Santa Barbara Alemany Plat.jpg|{{Santa Barbara Alemany Plat.jpg/credit}}<br />The "Alemany Plat" prepared by the U.S. Land Surveyor's Office to define the property restored to the Catholic Church by the Public Land Commission, later confirmed by presidential proclamation. | ||
Image:The Santa Barbara Mission Alexander Harmer.jpg|{{The Santa Barbara Mission Alexander Harmer.jpg/credit}}<br />The Santa Barbara Mission. | |||
Image:Baker Mission Santa Barbara.jpg|{{Baker Mission Santa Barbara.jpg/credit}}<br />The baker at Mission Santa Barbara. | |||
Image:Blacksmith Mission Santa Barbara.jpg|{{Blacksmith Mission Santa Barbara.jpg/credit}}<br />A blacksmith works at Mission Santa Barbara in 1898. | |||
Image:Mission Santa Barbara quadrangle.jpg|{{Mission Santa Barbara quadrangle.jpg/credit}}<br />The quadrangle and garden at Mission Santa Barbara in 1905. | |||
Image:Sparks Mission Santa Barbara.jpg|{{Sparks Mission Santa Barbara.jpg/credit}}<br />Mission Santa Barbara, between 1933 and 1937. | Image:Sparks Mission Santa Barbara.jpg|{{Sparks Mission Santa Barbara.jpg/credit}}<br />Mission Santa Barbara, between 1933 and 1937. | ||
Image:Perspective-View-SB-by-HABS.jpg|{{Perspective-View-SB-by-HABS.jpg/credit}}<br />A perspective view of Mission Santa Barbara as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. | Image:Perspective-View-SB-by-HABS.jpg|{{Perspective-View-SB-by-HABS.jpg/credit}}<br />A perspective view of Mission Santa Barbara as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. |
Revision as of 11:59, 23 May 2013
(CC) Photo: Robert A. Estremo
Stone "skull and crossbone" carvings denote the cemetery entrance at Mission Santa Barbara. Actual skulls and bones were long used to mark the entrances to Spanish cemeteries (campo santos). The practice, dating back many centuries, led to the symbol eventually becoming associated with the concept of death.(PD) Photo: Army Corps of Engineers
USNS Mission Santa Barbara (T-AO-131) on July 8, 1944 leaving Marinship after delivery. Docked at left is USNS Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132).