Picture postcard, "Mission San Miguel, California"

Description (Brief):

This postcard view of Mission San Miguel was printed by the Detroit Publishing Company in about 1910, using a copyrighted photolithographic process called "Photostint."

Description (Brief)

The Detroit Publishing Company (previously known as the Detroit Photographic Company) was first listed in Detroit city directories in 1888. Its manager, William A. Livingstone, invited famous landscape photographer William Henry Jackson to join the company as a partner in 1897. Jackson brought with him his own photographic images, which would be used by the company.

Description (Brief)

Mission San Miguel Arcángel, located in San Miguel, was the sixteenth of twenty-one Spanish Franciscan missions founded in California between 1769 and 1823. The mission was established to convert American Indians of the Salinan tribe.

Description (Brief)

Today the mission serves as a parish church.

Date Made: ca 1910

Graphic Artist: Detroit Publishing Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Michigan, DetroitAssociated 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: 1986.0639.2041Accession Number: 1986.0639Catalog Number: 1986.639.2041

Object Name: postcardObject Type: Photomechanical 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/ng49ca746a6-5e54-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_828324

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