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Photographer: Michael Kindig
Taken: November 9, 2010
Caption: Las Flores Estancia Bell
Additional Description: This bell once hung at the Estancia at Las Flores, summoning neophytes to worship. In the 1860's it was taken to Mission San Juan Capistrano where it rang for weddings until a piece broke off.

It was returned to Camp Pendleton in 1943 and hung at the Arch and Bell entrance. In 1974 the original Rancho Santa Margarita bell was returned to its place of honor by the Baumgartner family, and this bell was then placed in the museum.
Submitted: January 8, 2012, by Michael Kindig of Elk Grove, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p188524
File Size: 2.472 Megabytes

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