Picture postcard, "Mission San Fernando, California"

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Description (Brief):

This postcard view of Mission San Fernando was printed using photomechanical processes by the B. N. Company in about 1915.

Description (Brief)

The B. N. Company manufactured color postcards.The company trademark appeared on the back, and consisted of the letters BNCO in white on a black background.

Description (Brief)

Mission San Fernando Rey de España, founded in 1797, is located in the San Fernando Valley. It was the seventeenth of twenty-one Spanish Franciscan missions built in California between 1769 and 1823. Its purpose was to convert American Indians of the Tataviam and Tongva tribes to Catholicism.

Description (Brief)

Today it serves as a parish chapel and a museum.

Date Made: ca 1915

Graphic Artist: B. N. Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United StatesAssociated Place: United States: California

See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Cultures & Communities, Communications, California Mission Postcards

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0639.0389Accession Number: 1986.0639Catalog Number: 1986.0639.0389

Object Name: postcardObject Type: Photomechanical Relief ProcessesPhotomechanical Lithographic ProcessesOther Terms: postcard; Halftone

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 9.5 cm x 14 cm; 3 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-6b3f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_826675

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