Image of an artist's rendering of the symbols of California: the goddess Minerva on a hill with a herald trumpet in one hand, a bunch of California poppies in the other, and a grizzly bear at her side near California plants and produce, including roses, oranges and grapes; down the hill at left is an elevated view of the buildings at the site in San Francisco, California, for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition; image of a map of Panama and the route through the canal captioned "Panama Canal" at bottom center; images are framed by a border of flags from countries all over the world. "Schmidt Litho. Co. S.F. Cal."--text, bottom right margin. "Copyrighted 1910 by Edward Elkus."--text, bottom left margin. "San Francisco, 1,000,000. / California, 5,000,000. / Population 1915 / Compliments of / The John Bollman Co."--text, top left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 67.47 x 54.13 cm (26 9/16 x 21 5/16 in.)
Bears--Pictorial works Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works Exhibitions--Pictorial works Flags--Pictorial works Maps--Pictorial works Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works John Bollman Co Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fairs & Expositions Large Size General Fairs and Expositions The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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