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#4, San Gabriel Arcángel

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Grounds

San Gabriel Mission Main Page	Grounds	Church	Other Buildings	Exhibits
Cemetery	Mission Models	Surrounding Area	First Site	El Molino

Grape Arbor. Photo date: 2-16-04.

Grape Arbor. Photo date: 2-16-04.

Grape Arbor. Photo date: 2-16-04.

Garden. Photo date: 2-16-04.

Garden. Photo date: 2-16-04.

A garden area at the back of the quadrangle.

Fountain.

Fountain.

Aqueduct. Photo date: 2-16-04.

Aqueduct.

Shrine. 4-21-78.

Cactus in the garden with new church to right. Photo date: 2-16-04.

Photo date: 2-16-04.	Photo date: 2-16-04.
Soap and tallow vats. Mission San Gabriel once supplied soap and candles to most of the other missions.

Soap and tallow vats. Mission San Gabriel once supplied soap and candles to most of the other missions.

These are the original Tannery Vats built in the Franciscan era, about 1771-1843. These vats were filled with a water and tanning (oak) bark solution and then hides from cattle were soaked to preserve them. The Gabrielenos would remove the hides and pound and scrape to remove the hair. Cattle were not raised for meat but for hides, the main export. These vats were excavated in 1902 by Father Resa, C.M.F.

The abck area of the quadrangle.

The abck area of the quadrangle.

Cactus in the garden toward the back.

Looking at the bell tower from the garden.

Cooking area and aquiduct.

This Cannon was lost and in 1914, found in a nearby river bed after a flood. It was restored. It was rededicated in 2009.

Tile in the walkway near the front of the Church.

San Gabriel Mission Main Page	Grounds	Church	Other Buildings	Exhibits
Cemetery	Mission Models	Surrounding Area	First Site	El Molino

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