Dossier 9 - Capuchin Friars in Watts, Los Angeles, California

14 items; 11.5 cm x 7 cm; Black and white print

A file of photographs of Capuchin friars in Watts, Los Angeles, California. The prints show the construction of St. Lawrence of Brindisi School, the church and a residence for the friars in Watts. Includes images of Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., Mission Superior, Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap., Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Gabriel Harrington OFM Cap., and Fr. Juan Antonio de San Juan en Persiceto OFM Cap., Minister General of the Capuchin Order. A manuscript annotation on the covering envelope (by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.) reads ‘Views in Watts, Los Angeles / a new Church has seen been erected in Watts by the late Fr. Thomas Dowling of Kilkenny’. Two of the prints are dated: 12 May 1923 and 19 September 1923.