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(PD) Photo: Edward Vischer
An exterior view of the Mission San Juan Bautista, taken before 1875.
(PD) Photo: William Henry Jackson
A photograph of Mission San Juan Bautista taken between 1880 and 1910. The steeple (far right), constructed after the mission was secularized, was subsequently destroyed in a fire.
A portion of the monastery east elevation and chapel front façade (including the bell tower) at Mission San Juan Bautista as seen in 1934.
(PD) Painting: Will Sparks
Mission San Juan Bautista, between 1933 and 1937.
(PD) Drawing: Historic American Buildings Survey
A plot plan drawing of the Mission San Juan Bautista complex as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.
(PD) Drawing: U.S. Historic American Buildings Survey
A ground floor plan of Mission San Juan Bautista as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.
(PD) Drawing: Historic American Buildings Survey
A second floor plan of Mission San Juan Bautista as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.
(PD) Drawing: U.S. Historic American Buildings Survey
Elevations of Mission San Juan Bautista as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.
© Image: City of San Juan Bautista, California
The official seal of the City of San Juan Capistrano reflects the town's historical ties to the mission from whence it got its name.
© Photo: Paramount Pictures
Special effects experts at Paramount Pictures added a composite matte painting to create the impression of a domed bell tower at Mission San Juan Bautista. Interior scenes in the non-existent structure were filmed on a Hollywood sound stage.
(CC) Photo: Robert A. Estremo
A view of the restored Mission San Juan Bautista and its added three-bell campanario ("bell wall") in 2004. Two of the bells were salvaged from the original chime, which was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
(CC) Photo: Robert A. Estremo
The three-bell campanario ("bell wall") at Mission San Juan Bautista. Two of the bells were salvaged from the original chime, which was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
(PD) Photo: United States Navy
A bow view of Hull 29, the future USNS Mission San Juan (T-AO-126), 43 days after launching.
(PD) Photo: United States Navy
USNS Mercury (T-AGM-21), formerly USNS Mission San Juan (T-AO-126), berthing at Sidney Harbour, Australia, in 1969. Mercury was part of the command and control network for the Apollo 9 and 10 missions while in Sydney.
(PD) Painting: Titian
Saint John the Baptist in the desert.
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