California Missions map and mission vignettes, California

Subjects: Christianity Churches Maps
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of California Missions map and mission vignettes, California, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A linen-texture postcard featuring a map of California with the chain of Spanish missions, surrounded by vignettes of individual mission churches with their founding dates. A portrait of Fray Junipero Serra appears at top center.

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PublisherWestern Publishing & Novelty Co.

548 SAN CARLOS BORROMEO DEL CARMELO JUNE 3, 1770 SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA JULY 16, 1769 SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO DE SONOMA JULY 4, 1823 SAN RAFAEL ARCANGEL DEC. 14, 1817 SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA JULY 14, 1771 SANTA INEZ SEPT. 17, 1804 SAN GABRIEL SEPT. 8, 1771 SAN LUIS REY DE FRANCIA JUNE 13, 1798 SAN LUIS OBISPO SEPT. 1, 1772 SAN FERNANDO REY DE ESPAÑA SEPT. 8, 1797 DOLORES OCT. 9, 1776 SAN MIGUEL ARCANGEL JULY 25, 1797 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO NOV. 1, 1776 SAN JUAN BAUTISTA JUNE 25, 1797 SANTA CLARA JAN. 12, 1777 SAN JOSE DE GUADALUPE JUNE 11, 1797 SAN BUENAVENTURA MAR. 31, 1782 NUESTRA DE LA SOLEDAD OCT. 9, 1791 SANTA BARBARA DEC. 4, 1786 LA PURISIMA CONCEPCION DEC. 8, 1787 SANTA CRUZ SEPT. 25, 1791 FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA 1713 - 1784 CALIFORNIA MISSIONS MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MISSIONS ■ MISSIONS □ CHAPELS SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES SAN DIEGO PACIFIC OCEAN © CURT TEICH & CO., INC. --- The founding of the Spanish Missions in California furnished an epic in history. These historical monuments are reminders of the great Franciscan adventure. Years of patient labor, decades of heroic sacrifice by Fray Junipera Serra and his Franciscan brothers lie behind the era of the founding of the twenty-one Missions and their branches, the ruins of which still stand in wonder and beauty, at various points along 600 miles of California's glorious coastal region. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE OB-H2584 WESTERN PUBLISHING & NOVELTY CO., LOS ANGELES, CALIF. "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

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Series	548
Condition	Excellent
Place depicted	California, CA
Place mentioned	San Francisco, CA
Place mentioned	Los Angeles, CA
Place mentioned	San Diego, CA
Place mentioned	California, CA
Publisher	Los Angeles, CA
Notes	Linen texture; no white border; printed card number 548 at top right; copyright Curt Teich & Co. No postmark. Divided-back C.T. Art-Colortone linen card, unused; only pencil dealer marks "#59" and "1-" at lower right. Light edge wear, no stamp.

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California Missions map and mission vignettes, California, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/california-missions-map-and-mission-vignettes-california. Accessed October 5, 2026.