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Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA, 1946

Subjects
CemeteriesChurches
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1946 (Chrome)
Front of Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA, 1946, Mrs Eugene Olson & family, WI, USA, c. 1946 linen postcard
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Back of Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA, 1946, Mrs Eugene Olson & family, WI, USA, c. 1946 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The Church of the Recessional stands on a broad lawn at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, a brick church with a steep gabled roof, arched windows, and a square tower topped by a cross. A flower-lined walk leads to the entrance, where two small figures pause near the door. The caption calls the building a memorial to the soldier-poet Rudyard Kipling and a reproduction of the Parish Church of St. Margaret in Rottindean, likely Rottingdean, England, where Kipling was inspired to write his poem "Recessional." Kipling wrote the poem for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Forest Lawn used English church models to shape the cemetery into a memorial landscape.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear "hil:" will write letter later in week... hope this finds you home & "on the mend" with your ordeal over & done. Have had you on my mind, but with the family together & time short & getting all in time's been scarce. Were at La Jolla for a week - my aunt's vaca- tion & my sister flew on a week ago & has another house & 2 blks from beach - may

PublisherWestern Publishing & Novelty Co.
G-4—Church of the Recessional Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. --- The Church of the Recessional was built as a memorial to the life and works of the great soldier-poet Rudyard Kipling. This church is a reproduction of the Parish Church of St. Margaret in Rottindean, England, where Kipling was inspired to write his famous poem- "Recessional."
PostmarkedLos Angeles, CA, July 5, 1946, 06:00
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Addressed to
Mrs Eugene Olson & family

325 2nd St. Chippewa Falls, WI

From2437 Sleepy Hollow Dr., Glendale, CA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Los Angeles, CA
PublisherWestern Publishing & Novelty Co.
SeriesG-4 3B-H292
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMrs Eugene Olson & family, 325 2nd St., Chippewa Falls, WI
Place mentionedRottingdean, East Sussex, England
PublisherWestern Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, CA
Place sent from2437 Sleepy Hollow Dr., Glendale, CA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with a pale yellow border; job number "3B-H292" printed vertically at the right edge. Postmark: GLENDALE CALIF JUL 6 1946 AM. Divided-back card; 1¢ green Washington stamp; Art-Colortone imprint; light corner wear. In the message, "have rented" is struck through and replaced by "house"; a struck-through line follows "325 2nd St." in the address.

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Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA, 1946, postcard, c. 1946. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/church-of-the-recessional-forest-lawn-glendale-ca-1946. Accessed November 2, 2026.