Name/Title
"THE BELLS, SAN GABRIEL MISSION, CALIFORNIA"Entry/Object ID
2004.62.1.1Description
Color: Brown; Green; Blue
A postcard of the bell tower at Mission San Gabriel, postmarked July 26, 1928. The colorized photograph shows the tower with its four variously-sized bells and two openings without bells. At the right is a small portion of the church building, while at the left is a portion of the rectory roof. In the foreground are trellised flowering vines, palm trees, flowering ground cover, and the dirt Mission Drive. At the top is the date of founding and the priests who started the mission. At the bottom is an identification number and the postcard title. At the upper right is the copyright information. The divided back has a message at the left, an address at the right, a postmark at the top center, and a cancelled one-cent stamp at the upper right. Preprinting includes indicators of space for the message and address, the words "POST CARD", and the identifier "PHOSTINT" the process of colorizing photos by the publisher. With corner rubbing, light soiling, minor discoloration, and dented corners, the condition is good.Lexicon
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Two-dimensional, Postcards, Detroit Photographic Co., Missions--California