Guide to the William H. Bull Collection, 1891-1919.

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Guide to the William H. Bull Collection, 1891-1919.

California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/

Processed by:: The California State Library staff
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary

Title: William H. Bull Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1891-1919.

Box Number: 1143-1147

Creator: Bull, William H.

Repository: California State Library

Sacramento, California

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Unrestricted.

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Please credit California State Library.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William H. Bull Collection, California State Library.

Access Points

Bull, William H.

Advertising--California

Southern Pacific Railroad Company

Contents

Sketches, original art work and examples of Bull's work for the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Biography

William H. Bull arrived in San Francisco in 1894. He was employed by Southern Pacific Railroad as their first commercial artist. He specialized in doing advertising and painting pictures of California's beauty spots for Southern Pacific's promotional materials. Bull also designed covers for Sunset magazine.

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