Blessing of the Animals at four-day Fiesta de San Gabriel at San Gabriel Mission, Calif., 1960
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., SAN GABRIEL MISSION TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY-"Blessing of the Animals" will be part of the four-day Fiesta de San Gabriel beginning Sept. 2. Here, Fr. Bernard O'Connor, mission pastor, rehearses Virginia Martinez, fiesta queen; Patricia Hernandez, with her mynah bird, and Joe Vargas, with his pet turtle. The mission is 189 years old.