Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- William H. Bull Collection,
- Dates:
- 1891-1919.
- Creators:
- Bull, William H.
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William H. Bull Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Sketches, original art work and examples of Bull's work for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Advertising--California
- Names:
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Bull, William H.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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Please credit California State Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], William H. Bull Collection, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176