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Title: Portola Festival 1909 souvenir spoon
Creator: Bachrach & Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1909/10/
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: Silver metal spoon with an image of a Portola Festival princess in the bowl labeled: "California." The handle shows a bust of Don Gaspar de Portola the explorer who is credited with the European discovery of the San Francisco Bay on November 4, 1769. In 1909, 3 years after the great earthquake, San Francisco celebrated the rebirth of the city with the Portola Festival.
Type: image
Identifier: 0C9ED52B-5173-47D9-8C29-741765371850
1979-773
Subject: Souvenir spoons (LCSH)
Souvenirs
Portola's Expedition, Calif., 1769-1770 (LCSH)
San Francisco (Calif.)

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