Picture postcard, "San Gabriel Mission, Founded 1771 near Los Angeles, California"

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Description (Brief):

This postcard view of San Gabriel Mission was printed using photomechanical processes by the Van Ornum Colorprint Company (1908-1921) in Los Angeles, Calif. The company was one of many picture postcard publishing establishments working in California.

Description (Brief)

Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was founded in 1771, near the city of Montebello in Southern California. It was the fourth of twenty-one Spanish Franciscan missions founded in California between 1769 and 1823. The mission was established to convert American Indians of the Tongva tribe to Catholicism. It was moved in 1775 to its present location outside of downtown Los Angeles.

Description (Brief)

Today the mission continues to minister to an American Indian community with a church and a museum.

Date Made: 1908-1921

Graphic Artist: Van Ornum Colorprint 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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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0639.0473Accession Number: 1986.0639Catalog Number: 1986.639.0473

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/ng49ca746a6-6650-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_826759

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