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, Lloyd Wright designed church at Portuguese Bend on the Palos Verdes peninsula near Los Angeles." Also printed with "PUBLISHED BY THE PALOS VERDES CORPORATION, ROLLING HILLS, CALIF." and "LITHOGRAPHED BY GREEN'S, INC., LONG BEACH, 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, Lloyd Wright designed church at Portuguese Bend on the Palos Verdes peninsula near Los Angeles." Also printed with "PUBLISHED BY THE PALOS VERDES CORPORATION, ROLLING HILLS, CALIF." and "LITHOGRAPHED BY GREEN'S, INC., LONG BEACH, CALIF." | |
Identifier(s): | 000036830 (Bar Code) | |
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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 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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