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Title |
Wee Kirk n' the Heather. |
Scope & Content |
Postcard of the "Wee Kirk n' the Heather" church at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. The church is a replica of of Glencairn, a church near a castle estate in Moniaive, Scotland once inhabited by Annie Laurie, heroine of the Scottish ballad "Annie Laurie" said to have been based on the poem by William Douglas of Dumfriesshire (1682?–1748). Polychrome photolithographic print on linen paper of stone church with a slate roof in foreground surrounded by trees and shrubs with walkway leading to an open front door, monument tower in background at summit of hill, printed title in white on bottom "Wee Kirk n' the Heather". Verso: no manuscript, no postmark, no stamp, printed descriptive statement about image on top left, publication statement printed vertically on left and center "Western Publishing & Novelty Co. Los Angeles, Calif." and "C.T.Art Colortone". |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Collection |
Postcard Collection |
Catalog Number |
2009.043.001 |
Search Terms |
Other Cemetery Chapel Forest Lawn Memorial Parks, Glendale, CA |