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Mission San Juan de Capistrano, San Antonio, TX, 1912

Subjects
ChurchesHistoric Towers
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1912 (Golden Age)
Front of Mission San Juan de Capistrano, San Antonio, TX, 1912, Mrs. C. J. Schroeder, NJ, USA, c. 1912 lithograph postcard
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Back of Mission San Juan de Capistrano, San Antonio, TX, 1912, Mrs. C. J. Schroeder, NJ, USA, c. 1912 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The card shows the stone church of Mission San Juan de Capistrano in San Antonio, with its arcaded portico, stepped gable, and a bell tower topped by a cross. Bare and leafy trees frame the building, and a picket fence and lawn sit in the foreground. The caption calls it the Third Mission, built in 1731, and describes it as a "picturesque ruin" that recalls the Spanish colonial past. Its "Santa Giovanni De Caspistrano" and 1836 birth year appear to garble San Giovanni da Capistrano, the Franciscan friar born in 1386. The sender's note records a stop in San Antonio and a planned departure for Mexico.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Reached San Antonio Had delightful trip down Will leave for Mexico on Monday the C.S.

PublisherDahrooge Post Card Co.
31. Mission. San Juan De Capis- trano. Built 1731. San Antonio. Tex. MISSION SAN JUAN DE CAPIS- TRANO, built in 1731, and known as the Third Mission, is now but a pic- turesque ruin to call up a memory of the past. It was named after Santa Giovanni De Caspistrano, a friar of the Franciscan Order, who was born in the year 1836, in the little town of Capistrano in the Abruzzi in Italy.
PostmarkedSan Antonio, TX, January 30, 1912, 18:00
Addressed to
Mrs. C. J. Schroeder

Boulevard & Gifford Jersey City, NJ

Postcard record

Postmarked, San Antonio, TX
PublisherDahrooge Post Card Co.
ConditionFair
Place addressedMrs. C. J. Schroeder, Boulevard & Gifford, Jersey City, NJ
Place mentionedMission San Juan de Capistrano, San Antonio, TX
PublisherDahrooge Post Card Co., San Antonio, TX
NotesHeavy white speckling and flaking across the image, plus a visible crease/crack line; colored lithographic texture. Postmark: SAN ANTONIO TEX. JAN 30 6 PM 1912. Divided-back card; stamp removed (empty stamp box); heavy toning/foxing, edge wear and corner creases; handwritten message runs sideways along the left edge.

Cite this card

Mission San Juan de Capistrano, San Antonio, TX, 1912, postcard, c. 1912. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mission-san-juan-de-capistrano-san-antonio-tx-1912. Accessed November 3, 2026.