Postcard showing "Old Mission Church and Plaza, Los Angeles, California"
Postcard showing "Old Mission Church and Plaza, Los Angeles, California"
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- Description (Brief)
- This postcard showing "Old Mission Church and Plaza, Los Angeles, California" was published as a lithograph by the Detroit Publishing Company circa 1910. The postcard was published as number 13796 of a series of 13000.
- The Detroit Publishing Company, also known as the Detroit Photographic Company, was first noted in city registers of Detroit in 1888 and it was managed by William A. Livingstone. Livingstone invited the famous landscape photographer William Henry Jackson to join the company as a partner.
- Old Mission Church and Plaza is located on 535 North Main Street, Los Angeles, California.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Photomechanical Lithographic Processes
- Other Terms
- Print; Halftone
- date made
- early 20th century
- graphic artist
- Detroit Publishing Co.
- place made
- United States: Michigan, Detroit
- associated place
- United States: California
- 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
- ID Number
- 1986.0639.2020
- accession number
- 1986.0639
- catalog number
- 86.639.2020
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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