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Show Italian Swiss Colony employee in costume (actually "Little Old Winemaker--Me! actor from a series of television commercials, Ludwig Stossel) standing below caskhead. Caption on verso:"The giant caskhead, once a featured part of California wine industry's exhibit at a world's fair in San Francisco in 1939-40, is preserved at the winery. It depicts Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and grape growing, known as Dionysius in Greek mythology. The caskhead is preserved at the winery in Asti, California, 85 miles north of San Francisco." [Postcard no.] 1972.
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color photographs art (broad object genre) postcards
Wine and Winemaking Stossel, Ludwig Italian Swiss Colony (Asti, Calif.) 1961-1970 Dionysus (Greek deity) Wine and wine making Wineries United States California Sonoma Asti Asti Road
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