"The Wayfarers' Chapel Near Portuguese Bend Rancho Palos Verdes, California"

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CollectionPostcard and Ephemera CollectionDescriptionBlack and white postcard image shows 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 front with "THE / WAYFARERS' CHAPEL / Near Portuguese Bend / Rancho Palos Verdes, / California / 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 "1532 / Golden West / 2583 Maine Ave., / Long Beach 6, Calif."NotesDate Built: 1951LanguageengSize3.5 x 5.5 in.Format1 postcardHeld ByPalos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. Local History CenterBar Code000042929Restrictions on AccessElectronically 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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Geographic LocationPortuguese Bend (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)Wayfarers Chapel (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.)SubjectChapels--California, SouthernTime Period1951-1960

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ArchitectWright, Lloyd, 1890-1978

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