Picture postcard, "Mission Play Theatre Garden San Gabriel, California"
date: label: date made
content: 1908-1921
name: label: graphic artist
content: Van Ornum Colorprint Co.
label: graphic artist
content: M. Kashower Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This postcard view of the Mission Play and Theatre Garden 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 California landmark scenes during this period.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Dedicated on March 5th, 1927, the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse was originally established as the venue for the <i>Mission Play</i> by John Steven McGroarty. It tells the story of the founding of the California missions by Franciscan priests led by Fr. Junípero Serra.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Today the facility in San Gabriel continues to serve as a setting for a variety of cultural activities.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
label: associated place
content: United States: California
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Communications
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content: California Mission Postcards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0639.0504
label: accession number
content: 1986.0639
label: catalog number
content: 1986.639.0504
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard
label: Object Type
content: Photomechanical Relief Processes
label: Object Type
content: Photomechanical Lithographic Processes
label: Other Terms
content: postcard; Halftone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.5 cm x 14 cm; 3 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in