Wayfarers' Chapel, Portuguese Bend, California

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CollectionPostcard and Ephemera CollectionDateca. 1956DescriptionPostcard image show elevated view of the Wayfarers' Chapel with surrounding landscape. A view of the Pacific Ocean is visible behind the 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. Reverse of postcard printed with "RANCHO PALOS VERDES, 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 teh Church was founded." Also printed with "Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers", "Distributed by Golden West", "George Elton Watson, Color Photographer" and monogram "GW". Postmarked "INGLEWOOD CALIF / JUN 20 1956NotesDate Built: 19512 copiesSize3.5 x 5.5 in.Format1 postcardHeld ByPalos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. Local History CenterBar Code000019810Shelf LocationPC.POSTCARDS.22.37Restrictions on AccessElectronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District Local History Room Photograph 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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Geographic LocationPortuguese Bend (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)Wayfarers Chapel (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.)SubjectChapels--California, SouthernTime Period1951-1960

Personal Name

ArchitectWright, Lloyd, 1890-1978PhotographerWatson, George E.

TopicChurches

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