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L. Mayer and Company of San Rafael was the leading dry goods store in the area. The brochure in which this image appears promotes Mayer's with this quote: "We always keep the latest styles, both in dry goods and clothing, whereas in gents' furnishing goods and hats we cannot be excelled by any city store." This illustration is from a brochure titled San Rafael Illustrated and Described, published by W.W. Elliott & Co., in 1884. The brochure shows images of early San Rafael and was designed as a promotional piece, meant to attract new residents and investors to Marin County's most populous town. The original lithographs were made from the sketches of Mr. Chris Jorgensen, a teacher at the San Francisco Art School and noted artist.
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