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Identifier	clloy_055
Title	Los Angeles Mission, Los Angeles
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	1910-1919?
Subject (Topic)	Church buildings--California--Los Angeles; Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles; Plazas--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Plaza Church (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Collection Identifier	http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9489r2nz
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	California Postcard Co.; Pacific Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.; San Francisco
Language	eng
Description	Exterior view of the Old Mission Church, looking across the street from the plaza. A group of men stands in the foreground.
Historical Background	La Iglesia Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles was first founded in 1814, but was destroyed by flooding before its completion. The construction site was moved slightly, and the completed structure was dedicated on December 8, 1822, making it the oldest church in the city of Los Angeles. For many years the little chapel, which collected the nicknames "La Placita" and "Plaza Church" served as the sole Roman Catholic church in Los Angeles. In 1860, a prolonged period of rain damaged the Spanish-style adobe facade, and it was remodeled in a more contemporary style featuring a low, triangular pediment flanked by two pointed buttresses. In 1868, the church was again remodeled, and a small cupola was installed in place of the more traditional campanario, or bell wall. In the early twentieth century, the pergola was removed, and the campanario was restored to its original shape.
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 5279
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection

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