Picture postcard, "Mission Santa Cruz, California - 1791"

Description (Brief):

This postcard view of Mission Santa Cruz was printed by the Curt Teich Company using photomechanical processes. It was published in about 1914 by the I. L. Eno Company in San Diego, Calif.

Description (Brief)

The Chicago-based Curt Teich Company manufactured postcards between 1898 and 1978 in association with several publishers. It used the term "Photochrom" and later "Colortone" to describe its color printing processes.

Description (Brief)

Mission Santa Cruz, founded in 1791, is located near today's city of Santa Cruz. It was the twelfth of twenty-one Spanish Franciscan missions built in California between 1769 and 1823. The mission was built to convert American Indians of the Costanoan and Yokuts tribes to Catholicism.

Description (Brief)

Today the mission buildings include a parish church, a chapel, and the original dormitory.

Date Made: ca 1914

Graphic Artist: Eno, I. L.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: California, San DiegoAssociated 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: 1986.0639.0318Catalog Number: 1986.639.0318Accession Number: 1986.0639

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/ng49ca746a6-85d1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_826604

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