This view of the mission ruins was photographed sometime during the first decade of the 20th Century. It is from the Keystone View Company's California mission series. It was the first California mission to be built and is located at 32.47_072 N Lat. / 117.06_372 W / Long. It was constructed in 1769 By Father Junipero Serra and shows the garden area prior to reconstruction during the 1930s. Click on the image to see the reconstructed mission.