[San Diego, Theosophy] Four "Lomaland" Raja-Yoga College Real Photo Postcards

Author: TINGLEY, Katherine (Copyright Holder) [Unknown Photographer]
Title: [San Diego, Theosophy] Four "Lomaland" Raja-Yoga College Real Photo Postcards
Publication: San Diego, CA: Katherine Tingley, 1914

Description: RPPC. Date of 1914 from verso of card with Raja-Yoga Academy students in costume for Swedish folk dances, which has "Copyright by Katherine Tingley, 1914" printed after caption title. Four circa 1914 silver gelatin RPPCs (3 sepia toned) together, offering an historical snapshot view of some of the then extant classic architecture and one of the student classes being held at the "Lomaland" Theosophical compound in San Diego, California. All cards measure aprox. 3.25 x 5.25 inches and are postally unused. Interestingly, the Swedish folk dance card has "© K.T." blind stamped at bottom left corner. The copyright act came into effect in the US in 1909. Cards with some toning and minor corner chips from emulsion, else all about fine. Near Fine.

Lomaland was a Theosophical community located in Point Loma in San Diego, California from 1900 to 1942. Theosophical Society leader Katherine Tingley founded it in 1900 as a school, cultural center, and residential facility for her followers. The American headquarters of the Theosophical Society Pasadena was also situated there. The facility was important to the growing city of San Diego for its cultural offerings, and it left a lasting legacy in its campus (now Point Loma Nazarene University) which still retains many of the unique architectural features of the original Lomaland. wiki.

Seller ID: 4774

Subject: Film & Photography, Religions & Spirituality

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