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Identifier	post_00209
Title	Mission San Fernando from Memory Garden, and Father Junipero Serra Statue
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1940
Subject (Topic)	Spanish mission buildings--California--San Fernando; Catholic church buildings--California--San Fernando; Religious facilities--California--San Fernando; Missions, Spanish--California--San Fernando; Gardens--California--San Fernando; Fountains; Statues
Subject (Name)	San Fernando, Rey de Espana (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Mission Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles
Language	eng
Description	Partial view of the two-story Convento building of Mission San Fernando from the Memory Garden. A statue of Father Junipero Serra and a fountain are in the foreground.
Historical Background	Mission San Fernando, Rey De Espana was founded in 1787 by Father Lasuen as a stopping place between Missions San Gabriel and San Buenaventura. Due to its placement along the route to the fast-growing community of Los Angeles, the mission received so many visitors that the padres had to build several additions to the hospice in the Convento wing, with the result that it became known as the "long building" of El Camino Real. The mission was badly damaged during the 1818 earthquake. The church was repaired, but after secularization, the roof tiles were removed for use on later buildings, leaving the adobe walls exposed and hastening their deterioration. Further damage occurred when gold was discovered near the mission in 1842, and prospectors dug up parts of the mission's floors in the search for buried treasure. In the years that followed, the church and hospice were used as a warehouse and stable, while the quadrangle became a hog farm. In 1863, the mission became the property of the Catholic Church once more, but it did not become a working church again until 1923. Various attempts had been made to restore the buildings, but restoration did not begin in earnest until the 1940s when the Hearst Foundation donated a large sum of money. The buildings were badly damaged again in the 1971 earthquake, and the subsequent repairs were completed in 1974.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "Mission San Fernando, Rey de España, the seventeenth Mission, is situated in the beautiful San Fernando Valley about twenty miles northeast from Los Angeles. It was founded September 8th, 1797, and dedicated in honor of Fernando III, King of Spain."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's Series number: 648; 8A-H3013
Additional Notes	Printed on linen textured paper.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection