Name/Title
Portola Festival, 1909, San FranciscoEntry/Object ID
1987.01.2689Description
Postcard depicting a girl in a dress throwing roses in the air. The caption reads, ‘Portola Festival, 1909, San Francisco, October 19-23. Official Postcard’. The description on the verso reads, ‘Gaspar de Portola was the first governor of Upper and Lower California, from 1767 to 1771, under Spanish regime. In 1769 he visited California and made his residence here until 1771 - the expiration of his term. On July 14, 1769, he left San Diego with a small force in search of Monterey, but failed to find it. While continuing the search, he explored the peninsula upon which San Francisco is now built, and looked upon the Bay of San Francisco within the Golden Gate, being, according to best authority, the first white man who ever gazed upon these waters. Father Junipero Serra was President of the Missions of California during this time, establishing the Mission Dolores October 9th, 1776. Portola, as Commander-in-chief of land expeditions, visited the Missions at San Diego, Monterey, and San Bonaventura. The message on the verso reads, ‘San Francisco, October 12, 1909, Having a good time. Your picture is so swell. Aunt May’. The card is addressed to Miss Carolyn Hattrick, 2113 Manton Street, Station D, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is postmarked San Francisco, October 13, 1909.Collection
Postcard CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Copyright 1909 by Portola Executive Committee. Britton and Rey, Lithographers, San Francisco, publishers of pictorial postcards.Date made
October 12, 1909Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
