Wayfarers' Chapel, Portuguese Bend, California
Abstract/Description: | Colored postcard image show frontal view of the Wayfarers' Chapel with surrounding landscape. 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. Reverse of postcard printed with "Built by the Church of the New Jerusalem, as a national memorial to Emmanuel Swedenborg upon whose teaching the Church was founded. / The Church is open to all for worship and meditation." Also printed with "G. 32 -- WESTERN PUBL. & NOV. CO., 259 SO. LOS ANGELES ST., L.A. CALIF." and "CURTEICHCOLOR 3-D NATURAL COLOR REPRODUCTIONS (REG. U.S.A. PAT. OFF.)" |
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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): |
Chase, Robert, photographer Wright, Lloyd, 1890-1978, architect |
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Extent: | 1 postcard; 3.5 x 5.5 in. | |
Abstract/Description: | Colored postcard image show frontal view of the Wayfarers' Chapel with surrounding landscape. 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. Reverse of postcard printed with "Built by the Church of the New Jerusalem, as a national memorial to Emmanuel Swedenborg upon whose teaching the Church was founded. / The Church is open to all for worship and meditation." Also printed with "G. 32 -- WESTERN PUBL. & NOV. CO., 259 SO. LOS ANGELES ST., L.A. CALIF." and "CURTEICHCOLOR 3-D NATURAL COLOR REPRODUCTIONS (REG. U.S.A. PAT. OFF.)" | |
Identifier(s): | 000013664 (Bar Code) | |
Note(s): |
Date Built: 1951 |
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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 Room. | |
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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