Picture postcard, "San Miguel Mission, Founded 1797, near Paso Robles, California"

Description (Brief):

This postcard view of San Miguel Mission was printed by the Van Ornum Colorprint Company of Los Angeles, Calif. using photomechanical processes.

Description (Brief)

The Van Ornum firm (1908-1921) was one of many picture postcard publishing companies producing California landmark scenes.

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 built to support the effort to convert American Indians of the Salinan tribe to Catholicism.

Description (Brief)

Today the mission serves as a parish church.

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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Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0639.0494Accession Number: 1986.0639Catalog Number: 1986.639.0494

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/ng49ca746a6-4e97-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_826780

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