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The California State Lichen, La Purisima Mission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52604e16e4b034113969b552/1617752626933-8VSWS334MQ1ARB2RVKOO/IMG_3609.jpeg Articles - Spanish Moss or California Lace Lichen? https://www.lapurisimamission.org/articles/2020/12/3/did-female-blacksmiths-exist-in-the-california-missions monthly 0.5 2020-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52604e16e4b034113969b552/1607201595938-N7PK2M8775VOPPWM2KBK/Lynn+Maxwell+and+Doug+Bradley+_+herreria+2020+%281%29.jpg Articles - Did female blacksmiths exist in the California missions? Lynn Maxwell and Doug Bradley Prelado members and docents since 2017, in the herreria of Mission La Purísima, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52604e16e4b034113969b552/1607021876048-DSJ8M46JNEEXE2B2YG01/Female+blacksmith+_+India.png Articles - Did female blacksmiths exist in the California missions? Figure 1. A 21st-century, female blacksmith working in a roadside stall shop in India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52604e16e4b034113969b552/1607022039270-IG3D854YHB2ZT5940J1Q/Female+blacksmiths+_+England+1931.png Articles - Did female blacksmiths exist in the California missions? Figure 2. Female blacksmiths in England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52604e16e4b034113969b552/1607022256468-ZAE6CZ6EZRYZPWUN6LW2/Female+blacksmith+_+Holkham+Bible+ca.+1350.png Articles - Did female blacksmiths exist in the California missions? Figure 3. 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