2. Landscapes for the People Images
  3. Historical Photographs by park unit taken by George Alexander Grant, first chief photographer of the National Park Service [1929-54]

Sonoran Missions Expedition

Grant was the official photographer for this 1935 NPS survey trip to catalog information about Kino Missions in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
Read More
Ruins of a mission church outside Hermosillo, Mexico. Sonora Missions Expedition, 1935.
19 / 24

Ruins of a mission church outside Hermosillo, Mexico. Sonora Missions Expedition, 1935.

SMEhermasillo

  • Mission San Xavier del Bac. Regarded as one of the most beautiful mission churcnes in the United States. Sonora Mission Expedition, 1935.
  • Untitled photo
  • Altar in Mission San Xavier del Bac. Sonora Mission Expedition, 1935.
  • Side view of Mission San Xavier del Bac. Sonora Mission Expedition, 1935.
  • Detail of rooftop, Mission San Xavier del Bac. Sonora Mission Expedition, 1935.
  • Old Spanish iron stirrup in the historical collection of the University of Arizona, Tucson. Sonora Mission Expedition, 1935.
  • Fishing in the Gulf of California. Sonora Mission Expedition, 1935.
  • Beach on the Gulf of California. Sonora Mexico Expedition, 1935.
  • The front, or facades, pf Cocospera Mission. The building faces west. Sonora Mission Expedition, 1935.
  • The Gulf of California. Sonora Mission Expedition, 1935.
  • Expedition members on rocks overlooking Gulf of California. Sonora Mission Expedition, 1935.
  • Members of the NPS Sonora Mission Expedition with George Grant's panel truck. Site is near foundation ruins of Mission Nuestra Senora de los Dolores. Sonora Missions Expedition, 1935.
  • Members of the NPS expedition team. Left to right: Robert Rose, George Grant, Leffler Miller, J. Howard Tovrea, Arthur Woodward, and Scofield DeLong. Sonora Missions Expedition, 1935.
  • Mission San Xavier del Bac. This image was included in Sonora Missions Expedition materials but likely dates to early 1950s.
  • The Kino Expedition at work at Mission Nuestra Senora del Pilar y Santiago de Cocospera. View is from the altar toward the front of the church. Left to right: Robert Rose, Arthur Woodward, Scofield DeLong, Leffler Miller, and J. Howard Tovrea. Sonora Missions Expedition, 1935.
  • The upper valley of the Cocospera River from the mission site. Sonora Missions Expedition, 1935.
  • State government palace, Hermosillo, Mexico. Sonora Missions Expedition, 1935.
  • Catedral Metroplitana de Hermosillo, Mexico. Sonora Missions Expedition, 1935.
  • Ruins of a mission church outside Hermosillo, Mexico. Sonora Missions Expedition, 1935.
  • Façade of Mission San Antonio de Oquitoa. Sonora Missions Expedtion, 1935.
  • No Comments
  • Photo Sharing
  • About SmugMug
  • Browse Photos
  • Prints & Gifts
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Owner Log In
© 2021 SmugMug, Inc.