Photo by Pillsbury Picture Co. 



ARCHWAY.' SAN FERNANDO MISSION 



"Of La Purisima Concepcion there remains little more than a ruined cloister rising 

 amidst the long grass and oaks of a hill-bound plain ; but its close neighbors, San Buena- 

 ventura and Santa Barbara, are almost as good as new. Matins and vespers are still intoned 

 in their dim chapels. You may see the soft-eyed padres walking and talking in their pleasant 

 garden, or watch the lay brothers swinging hoe and shovel at their daily tasks" (see text, 

 page 59). 



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