Page last updated: July 1, 2022
All glass plate photographs by Harold A. Taylor. Digital images copyright © 2022 by Pinyon Publishing. No reproduction without permission.
Missions Home North to South: Dolores Santa Cruz San Juan Bautista Monterey Carmel
San Antonio de Padua San Miguel San Luis Obispo Santa Ines Santa Barbara-Glass SB-Celluloid
San Buenaventura San Fernando Rey de Espana San Gabriel Arcangel San Juan Capistrano Miscellaneous
Santa Barbara Mission Front with Large Cross (5702, 5”x7”)
Santa Barbara Front and Side (797, 6.5”x8.5”)
Santa Barbara Front Moonlight (017, 5”x7”)
Santa Barbara Towers from Side Road (784, 8”x10”)
Santa Barbara Front, Fountain, and Friar by Railing (781, 8”x10”)
Santa Barbara Front with Reflections of Friar and Tower (782a, 8”x10”)
Santa Barbara Front with Reflections of Friar and Tower (782b, 5”x7”)
Santa Barbara Tower from Cemetery (015, 5”x7”)
Santa Barbara Tower from Cemetery (016, 5”x7”)
Santa Barbara Outdoor Crucifix with 2 Friars (776, 6.5”x8.5”)
Santa Barbara The Seat Between Two Trees (785, 8”x10”)
Santa Barbara In the Sacred Garden with Friar (783, 8”x10”)
Santa Barbara Sacred Garden with Friar (778, 8”x10”)
Santa Barbara Corridor with Friar (777, 8”x10”)
Santa Barbara Corridor (788, 8”x10”)
Santa Barbara At Cemetery Door (779, 6.5”x8.5”)
Santa Barbara At Cemetery Door (5703, 5”x7”)
Santa Barbara Interior (786, 8”x10”)
Santa Barbara Two Portraits of Friars on One Glass Plate (800, 8”x10”)
The 1812 earthquake destroyed the church from this 1794 mission. The present church was completed in 1820 has changed little since then. The second tower added in 1831 made Santa Barbara the only mission with matching towers. Harold Taylor’s photograph probably displays the Romanesque façade before it was rebuilt in 1950 after the 1925 quake. This façade, based on 1st century Roman architecture illustrated in a widely used book whose Spanish edition was published in 1787. In 1956-58 construction took place to accommodate Franciscan theology students.
Genuine as well as carved skulls and crossbones decorate the entrance to the cemetery where lie remains of 4,000 Indians.
Mission Santa Barbara was home to one of the most extensive water systems involving dams and partially-surviving aqueducts and reservoirs.
Santa Barbara Front (3621, 3”x4”)
Santa Barbara Bell in Tower (799, 6.5”x8.5”)
Santa Barbara Mission Bell (3624, 3.2”x4.2”)
