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

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Object Details

graphic artist

Van Ornum Colorprint Co.

Description (Brief)

This postcard view of San Miguel Mission was printed by the Van Ornum Colorprint Company of Los Angeles, Calif. using photomechanical processes.
The Van Ornum firm (1908-1921) was one of many picture postcard publishing companies producing California landmark scenes.
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.
Today the mission serves as a parish church.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1908-1921

ID Number

1986.0639.0494

accession number

1986.0639

catalog number

1986.639.0494

Object Name

postcard

Object Type

Photomechanical Relief Processes
Photomechanical Lithographic Processes

Other 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

place made

United States: California, Los Angeles

associated place

United States: California

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California Mission Postcards

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-4e97-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_826780

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