The Plaza Church, Los Angeles, California, circa 1940

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

Back of The Plaza Church, Los Angeles, California, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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The card shows the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, a stuccoed adobe mission-style building with a gabled facade, a round window, a central arched doorway, and a bell-crowned campanile at the left, with a palm tree and an arched gateway marked "Old Mission Plaza Church" at the right. Formally La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles, it is the oldest church in the city, begun about 1814 and completed in the early 1820s as part of the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles settlement. It stands near Olvera Street, the historic Mexican marketplace at the heart of the old pueblo, now preserved as a state historic monument.

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PublisherLongshaw Card Co.

603 THE PLAZA CHURCH, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA John Hughes Photo --- The old Plaza Church, also known as "Our Lady, Queen of the Angels," is the oldest landmark in Los Angeles today. The first chapel was erected three years after the founding of the town in 1781. The present church was built under the supervision of Jose Chapman, California's first Yankee, and finished in 1822. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE MANUFACTURED BY LONGSHAW CARD CO., LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

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Publisher	Longshaw Card Co.
Series	603
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	The Plaza Church, Los Angeles, CA
Publisher	Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles, CA
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a wide orange-tan border; photographer credit printed vertically along the right edge. No postmark; card is unused and unaddressed. Divided back with vertical "POST CARD" divider and "PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE" box; linen-texture stock with cream/white border on the front. Pencil dealer mark "250" at top right.

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The Plaza Church, Los Angeles, California, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-plaza-church-los-angeles-california-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.