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Angel of the Lost Bells
Photographer: Michael Kindig
Taken: August 4, 2007
Caption: Angel of the Lost Bells
Additional Description: An original carving by Steven Berardi inspired by the search of the bells of the Mission of Santa Ysabel. The padre and the Indians bought two bells 150 years ago for six burro load of barley. The oldest bells in California, made in 1723 and 1767. In 1926 the bells mysteriously disappeared.

The Mission has not given up hope that the bells will be returned. The day after the bells disappeared Jose Maria Osuna found the clappers. They were returned in 1959 and are now kept in the Indian Museum.
Submitted: January 4, 2012, by Michael Kindig of Elk Grove, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p187917
File Size: 1.132 Megabytes

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