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Fray Junípero Serra, Father of the Missions

Subjects
ChristianityPortraits
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Fray Junípero Serra, Father of the Missions, Los Angeles, CA, USA, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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Back of Fray Junípero Serra, Father of the Missions, Los Angeles, CA, USA, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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About this subject

Black-and-white portrait of Fray Junípero Serra seated in a chair, wearing a Franciscan habit and rosary, within a painted frame. Printed caption below details his life and missions.

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PublisherAngelino Photo Service
ANGELENO CARD 423 FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA, BORN NOV. 24TH. 1713, IN THE CITY OF PETRA, MAJORCA, ENTERED THE FRANCISCAN ORDER SEPT. 14TH. 1730. ON APRIL 13TH. 1749, HE EMBARKED FOR MALAGA AND CADIZ, THENCE TO VERA CRUZ. FRAY JUNIPERO MADE THE JOURNEY FROM VERA CRUZ TO MEXICO CITY ON FOOT, REACHING THE APOSTOLIC COLLEGE OF SAN FERNANDO JAN. 1ST. 1750. IN THE DIOCESE OF ANTEQUERA, OR OAXACA, HE GAVE MISSIONS, BEGINNING ON THE LIMITS OF CAMPECHE. ON JULY 14TH. 1767, HE TRAVELLED AS FAR AS TEPIC AND SAN BLAS, FINALLY BY LAND, THROUGH SONORA TO LOS ANGELES AND VILLACATÁ, WHERE HE ARRIVED MAY 13TH. 1769, DATE OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE MISSION OF SAN DIEGO, EVE OF PENTECOST SUNDAY, WHEN FIRST MASS WAS CELEBRATED. FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA "FATHER OF THE MISSIONS" --- PHOTO POST CARD© ANGELENO PHOTO SERVICE - 1030 SO. ALVARADO, L. A. 6, CALIF. - 2 ADDRESS Kodak PLACE STAMP HERE Paper
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Series423
ConditionVery good
Place mentionedLos Angeles, CA
Place mentionedSan Diego, CA
Place mentionedMexico City, D.F.
PublisherAngelino Photo Service, 1030 So. Alvarado, Los Angeles, CA
NotesWhite border; black-and-white reproduction of a painting. No postmark. Real-photo postcard (Kodak stamp box, 'PLACE STAMP HERE'), divided back, unused; light foxing/soiling on cream stock; pencil dealer marks '#59' and '1-' at lower right.

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Fray Junípero Serra, Father of the Missions, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fray-jun-pero-serra-father-of-the-missions. Accessed October 5, 2026.