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Serra Palm, The First Palm Tree in California. Planted 1769 by the Franciscan Fathers. Old Town, San Diego, Calif

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Title: Serra Palm, The First Palm Tree in California. Planted 1769 by the Franciscan Fathers. Old Town, San Diego, Calif
Creator: Published by Herz Post Cards, San Diego, Calif
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1930-1944
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: James Osborne South Bay LA & California Postcard Collection
Rights Information: Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description: Numbering on top left: 725; numbering on bottom right: 42400; text on verso, top left: The Serra Palm, oldest Palm in California was planted by the Franciscan Fathers in 1769. It marks the burial place of more than 60 victims of scurvy from ships of the Galvey Expedition in 1769. Father Junipero Serra here began "El Camino Real" first trodden by white men in 1769.
Type: image
Format: Postcard
Identifier: JO_346
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll2/id/2156
Subject: Trees
Place: San Diego, CA
Source: James H. Osborne Photograph Collection
Relation: South Bay History Collection

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