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![[Father O'Kief and two other monks standing under dilapidated arch of the old Spanish mission church, San Luis Rey, California]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvZmF0aGVyLW9raWVmLWFuZC10d28tb3RoZXItbW9ua3Mtc3RhbmRpbmctdW5kZXItZGlsYXBpZGF0ZWQtYXJjaC1vZi10aGUtb2xkLTY3MmNiZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/398/jpg "[Father O'Kief and two other monks standing under dilapidated arch of the old Spanish mission church, San Luis Rey, California]")
![Mosaic floor discovered in the Nativity Basilica [Church of the Nativity] of Bethlehem during process of restoration work in August, 1934. Excavation in the floor of the nave showing the Byzantine mosaic floor](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvbW9zYWljLWZsb29yLWRpc2NvdmVyZWQtaW4tdGhlLW5hdGl2aXR5LWJhc2lsaWNhLWNodXJjaC1vZi10aGUtbmF0aXZpdHktb2YtMi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "Mosaic floor discovered in the Nativity Basilica [Church of the Nativity] of Bethlehem during process of restoration work in August, 1934. Excavation in the floor of the nave showing the Byzantine mosaic floor")
![Int. of 3rd St. [i.e., Interior of 3rd Station]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvaW50LW9mLTNyZC1zdC1pZS1pbnRlcmlvci1vZi0zcmQtc3RhdGlvbi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "Int. of 3rd St. [i.e., Interior of 3rd Station]")
![[Father O'Kief, a monk, posed full-length, standing at bottom of brick steps of the old Spanish mission church, San Luis Rey, California]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvZmF0aGVyLW9raWVmLWEtbW9uay1wb3NlZC1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1zdGFuZGluZy1hdC1ib3R0b20tb2YtYnJpY2stc3RlcHMtb2YtZWI0NWVjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Father O'Kief, a monk, posed full-length, standing at bottom of brick steps of the old Spanish mission church, San Luis Rey, California]")
