Photos: Bernard "Bunny" Fontana
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Bernard "Bunny" Fontana, a former University of Arizona anthropology professor, scholar an author and an expert on Mission San Xavier Del Bac has died.
Mike Jacobs, standing, and Bernard "Bunny" Fontana sit in front of copies of KIVA, a magazine which have grown in size during the past 50 years on October 28, 1985. The magazine on the left is the first issue and the 50th anniversary issue is on the right. Elizabeth Mangelsdorf / Arizona Daily Star
- Elizabeth Mangelsdorf / Arizona Daily Star
Bernard Fontana, a former UA anthropology professor, looks at the graffiti in the choir loft at the San Xavier Del Bac Mission which dates back to the mid 1800's. Conservators will arrive in December to begin the final restoration phase of the mission which will include cleaning these walls and getting rid of the graffiti. Photo taken November 13, 1996. Linda Seeger Salazar / Arizona Daily Star
- Linda Seeger Salazar / Arizona Daily Star
San Xavier volunteer and historian Bernard "Bunny" Fontana examines the graffiti etched in choir loft of the mission in November 1995. Removing the graffiti as part of the restoration project came into question because some of the signatures on the wall date to the mid-and late 1800s and as early as a decade before. Some of the names have historical significance while the others have blended into the pages of history. Gary Gaynor / Tucson Citizen
- Gary Gaynor / Tucson Citizen
Bill Quirk, left, a senior technician for diagnostic radiology and Bernard "Bunny" Fontana, the secretary of Patronato San Xavier, look over the 200-year-old statue of St. Ignatius Loyola before it would be x-rayed on a real time fluoroscope on Monday February 21, 1994. The scanning took place at University Medical Center. The group wants to determine if the 18th century statue is really a statue within a statue. Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily Star
- Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily Star
Claudio Chini, a descendant of Father Kino, admires the artwork on the ceiling of the San Xavier del Bac Mission during a brief tour, as historian Bernard Fontana talks about the works. Chini, from Segno, Italy, was in Tucson this week. Photo taken: January15, 2003. Photo by David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
- David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
San Xavier volunteer and historian Bernard "Bunny" Fontana sits in mission on February 16, 2000. Fontana was working on a book with Tucson Citizen photographer Edward McCain. Tucson Citizen file
- Tucson Citizen file
University of Arizona field historian Bernard "Bunny" Fontana sits in his office at the UA Main Library on August 15, 1990. Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily Star
- Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily
Mike Jacobs, standing, and Bernard "Bunny" Fontana sit in front of copies of KIVA, a magazine which have grown in size during the past 50 years on October 28, 1985. The magazine on the left is the first issue and the 50th anniversary issue is on the right. Elizabeth Mangelsdorf / Arizona Daily Star
- Elizabeth Mangelsdorf / Arizona Daily Star
Bernard "Bunny" Fontana for a profile on best authors. Photo taken December 6, 1996. Photo by: Linda Seeger Salazar / Arizona Daily Star
- Linda Seeger Salazar / Arizona Daily Star
Bernard Fontana, a former UA anthropology professor, looks at the graffiti in the choir loft at the San Xavier Del Bac Mission which dates back to the mid 1800's. Conservators will arrive in December to begin the final restoration phase of the mission which will include cleaning these walls and getting rid of the graffiti. Photo taken November 13, 1996. Linda Seeger Salazar / Arizona Daily Star
- Linda Seeger Salazar / Arizona Daily Star
San Xavier volunteer and historian Bernard "Bunny" Fontana examines the graffiti etched in choir loft of the mission in November 1995. Removing the graffiti as part of the restoration project came into question because some of the signatures on the wall date to the mid-and late 1800s and as early as a decade before. Some of the names have historical significance while the others have blended into the pages of history. Gary Gaynor / Tucson Citizen
- Gary Gaynor / Tucson Citizen
Bill Quirk, left, a senior technician for diagnostic radiology and Bernard "Bunny" Fontana, the secretary of Patronato San Xavier, look over the 200-year-old statue of St. Ignatius Loyola before it would be x-rayed on a real time fluoroscope on Monday February 21, 1994. The scanning took place at University Medical Center. The group wants to determine if the 18th century statue is really a statue within a statue. Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily Star
- Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily Star
San Xavier volunteer and historian Bernard "Bunny" Fontana holds a copy of his book "Entrada" near the old mission on July 25, 1994. Xavier Gallegos / Tucson Citizen
- Xavier Gallegos / Tucson Citizen
Claudio Chini, a descendant of Father Kino, admires the artwork on the ceiling of the San Xavier del Bac Mission during a brief tour, as historian Bernard Fontana talks about the works. Chini, from Segno, Italy, was in Tucson this week. Photo taken: January15, 2003. Photo by David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
- David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
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