Picture postcard, "San Juan Capistrano Mission, Founded 1776, Capistrano, California"

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Description (Brief):

This postcard view of San Juan Capistrano 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 scenes of California landmarks during this period.

Description (Brief)

Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in 1776 and is located southeast of Los Angeles. It was the seventh of twenty-one Spanish Franciscan missions established in California between 1769 and 1823 to convert American Indians of the Juañeno and Luiseño tribe to Catholicism.

Description (Brief)

Today the mission serves as a parish chapel 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: 1986.0639.0499Accession Number: 1986.0639Catalog Number: 1986.639.0499

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/ng49ca746a6-5004-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_826785

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