Wayfarers' Chapel Portuguese Bend, California
Abstract/Description: | Color postcard image shows elevated view of Wayfarers' Chapel. Narcissa Cox Vanderlip contributed the 3 1/2-acre site for the chapel, for which the cornerstone was dedicated on July 16, 1949. Lloyd Wright, son of the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was hired to design the chapel which opened in 1951. Postcard printed on reverse with "WAYFARERS' CHAPEL / PORTUGUESE BEND, CALIFORNIA / The Wayfarers' Chapel, near Portuguese Bend-built by the Church of The New Jerusalem as a national memorial to Emanuel Swedenborg, upon whose teachings the Church was founded." Also printed with "CURTEICHCOLOR® 3-D NATURAL COLOR REPRODUCTIONS (REG. U.S.A. PAT. OFF.)" "WESTERN PUBL. & NOV. CO., 259 SO. LOS ANGELES ST., L.A., CALIF." |
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Subject(s): | Chapels--California, Southern Portuguese Bend (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.) 1951-1960 Wayfarers Chapel (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) |
Title: | Wayfarers' Chapel Portuguese Bend, California. | |
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Name(s): | Wright, Lloyd, 1890-1978, architect | |
Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
Extent: | 1 postcard; 3.5 x 5.5 in. | |
Abstract/Description: | Color postcard image shows elevated view of Wayfarers' Chapel. Narcissa Cox Vanderlip contributed the 3 1/2-acre site for the chapel, for which the cornerstone was dedicated on July 16, 1949. Lloyd Wright, son of the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was hired to design the chapel which opened in 1951. Postcard printed on reverse with "WAYFARERS' CHAPEL / PORTUGUESE BEND, CALIFORNIA / The Wayfarers' Chapel, near Portuguese Bend-built by the Church of The New Jerusalem as a national memorial to Emanuel Swedenborg, upon whose teachings the Church was founded." Also printed with "CURTEICHCOLOR® 3-D NATURAL COLOR REPRODUCTIONS (REG. U.S.A. PAT. OFF.)" "WESTERN PUBL. & NOV. CO., 259 SO. LOS ANGELES ST., L.A., CALIF." | |
Identifier(s): | 000037721 (Bar Code) | |
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Date Built: 1951 Donated by Patrick Meehan, 10/17/2007 |
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Subject(s): |
Chapels--California, Southern Portuguese Bend (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.) 1951-1960 Wayfarers Chapel (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) |
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Held by: | Palos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. | |
Location: | Local History Center | |
Restrictions on Access: | Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Room Photo Collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District. | |
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