Picture postcard, "San Fernando Mission, Founded 1797, San Fernando, California"

Description (Brief):

This postcard view of San Fernando Mission was printed by the Van Ornum Colorprint Company (1908-1921) and the M. Kashower Company (1914-1934) in Los Angeles, Calif. using photomechanical processes. The companies are examples of the many picture postcard publishing companies producing California landmark scenes during this period.

Description (Brief)

The San Fernando Rey de EspaƱa mission was founded on September 8, 1797, near the site of the first gold discovery in Alta, or Upper, California. It was the seventeenth of twenty-one Spanish Franciscan missions built in California between 1769 and 1823, and was established to convert American Indians of the Tataviam and Tongva tribes to Catholicism.

Description (Brief)

Today it serves as a working parish church and a museum.

Date Made: 1908-1921

Graphic Artist: Van Ornum Colorprint Co.M. Kashower Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: California, Los AngelesAssociated Place: United States: California

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

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Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0639.0508Accession Number: 1986.0639Catalog Number: 1986.639.0508

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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-5447-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_826794

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