View of the ruins of the church, and buildings of the ex-mission of San Juan Capistrano, the church destroyed by the eartquake of 1812 [graphic]. [ca. 1872]

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View of the ruins of the church, and buildings of the ex-mission of San Juan Capistrano, the church destroyed by the eartquake of 1812 [graphic]. [ca. 1872]

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A photograph of a drawing of the ruined Mission San Juan Capistrano. In foreground on horseback is county proprietor Don Juan Foster with subordinate (cf. Vischer, Missions of Upper California, p.36).

1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen ; 6 x 10 cm.

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Mission San Juan Capistrano

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Vischer, Edward

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Biography/Administrative History Edward Vischer (1809–1878) as a young man of nineteen emigrated from Germany to Mexico where he was associated with the commercial house of Heinrich Virmond. In the employ of Virmond, or other German-Latin American companies, he acted as supercargo on many trading voyages to west-coast ports of the Americas and to the Orient. In 1842, he became interested in California and agreed to travel there fo...