Object Details
- graphic artist
- Van Ornum Colorprint Co.
- Description (Brief)
- This postcard view of La Soledad Mission was printed by the Van Ornum Colorprint Company in 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 Nuestra Señora de la Soledad was founded in 1791. It was the thirteenth of twenty-one Spanish Franciscan missions established in California between 1769 and 1823, and was founded to convert American Indians of the Costanoan, Esselin, and Yokuts tribes to Catholicism.
- The mission now serves as a parish church and a museum.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1908-1921
- ID Number
- 1986.0639.0497
- accession number
- 1986.0639
- catalog number
- 1986.639.0497
- 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
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Cultures & Communities
- Communications
- California Mission Postcards
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_826783
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-4eb9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
