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Features and
Information:
Mission Projects:
Mission San Luis
Obispo:
Historical Postcards
of Mission San Luis Obispo
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of any photo below
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Original
Appearance:
This
illustration from the October 1871 Overland Monthly shows the Mission in
its original Spanish-style appearance. |
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This early postcard photo was
hand-tinted from a black-and-white print.
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New-England-Style
Revision:
The following photos show the Mission in its New-England-style phase, which
began in the mid-1870s and lasted through the early 1920s. The
original photos were black-and-white, but were tinted for use as
postcards. |
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The
photo at left and the two following
photos were taken from the south end of the Mission. Note the
New-England-style bell tower at far end. |
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This photo shows
the addition of a side wing (at right) done in 1893.
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Spanish-style
Restoration:
A fire in 1920 led to extensive repairs and the restoration of
the Mission to its Spanish-style appearance.
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This
postcard, postmarked 1963, shows the Camino Real still passing
in front of the Mission, and, to the right of the Mission, the
foundations of the old Lewin property, which had been acquired
by the Mission in 1960. At this point, plans were well
underway for the creation of Mission Plaza, but it would be
another nine years before the Plaza project was completed and
formally dedicated.
(In the background is San
Luis Mountain, one of the chain of extinct
volcanic peaks stretching from San Luis Obispo to
Morro Bay and Morro Rock.) |
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