This postcard showing "San Gabriel Mission, California" was published as lithography by the Detroit Publishing Company in about 1914. The postcard was published as number 12688 of a series of 12000.
From the late 1890s to 1905, the firm was known as the Detroit Photographic Company. Subsequently until the company liquidated their assets in 1932, the firm became the Detroit Publishing Company. William Henry Jackson became the plant manager in 1903, but he did not see the success the firm in the late 1890s due to declining sales during WWI.
The San Gabriel Mission was founded in 1771 in San Gabriel, California.
This postcard showing "Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara, California" was printed using the halftone process by Van Ornum Colorprint Co., Los Angeles, California. The postcard was published as series number 595.
Van Ornum Colorprint Co. was a publisher from 1908 to 1921 of unusually tinted halftone view-cards, mostly depicting scenes of southern California.
The Santa Barbara Mission was founded in 1786, and it is the most solid structure of its kind in California. This mission has a beautiful belfry.
This postcard showing "San Juan Capistrano Mission, Capistrano, California" was printed using the halftone process by Van Ornum Colorprint Co. Los Angeles, California. The postcard was published as series number 581.
Van Ornum Colorprint Co. was a publisher from 1908 to 1921 of unusually tinted halftone view-cards, mostly depicting scenes of southern California.
The San Juan Capistrano Mission was founded in 1776 and it is located about sixty miles southeast of Los Angeles.