San Juan Capistrano kicks off its 50th birthday

Today's photo shows the Blas Aguilar Adobe, half a block south of Mission San Juan Capistrano. Also known as Casa de Esperanza, this building was built around 1794.
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On Jan. 14th and 15th, the City of San Juan Capistrano will launch a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of its incorporation.
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The city's Celebration Committee will host a two-part talk and exhibit on the Alfonso Yorba photographic collection. The free programs begin is at 7 p.m. (both nights) at the San Juan Capistrano Community Center, 25925 Camino del Avion.
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The photographic collection, which belongs to David Belardes, chairman of the Blas Aguilar Adobe Foundation, will be shown to the public for the first time. In the first half of the 20th Century, Alphonso Yorba (a.k.a. Major General Bruce-Alfonso de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, a.k.a. Bruce Conde, a.k.a....), collected many materials relating to the history of Orange County and took numerous photographs of San Juan Capistrano, the Mission and the people who lived there. This seldom-seen collection is a time capsule of Capistrano.
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For more information about this event and others planned for this year, visit the City's website at sanjuancapistrano.org and click on the "50th Anniversary Celebration" link.