Spanish Mission Gallery

Pala Mission in California, 1800s

Native American woman ringing bell for sunrise Mass at Pala Mission, California, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Children at San Juan Bautista Mission, California, 1800s

Nuns leading Native American children into San Juan Bautista Mission, California, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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NATI2D-00501

Archaeological workers stabilizing ruins of Pecos Pueblo, seat of the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico.
Digital photograph

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