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California Bicentennial, 1769-1969.
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Title:
California Bicentennial, 1769-1969Creator/Contributor:
Standard Oil Company of California, creator, publisher.Creator/Contributor:
Carpentier, France, artist.Abstract:
Set of prints issued by Standard Oil Company of California commemorating California state bicentennial of 1969. Prints reproduce
watercolors by artist France Carpentier depicting Franciscan missions and other historic structures of California. Backs of
prints include extensive historical information on depicted subjects.
Date:
1969 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSpanish mission buildings -- California -- Pictorial works
Historic buildings -- California -- Pictorial works
Missions espagnoles (Édifices) -- Californie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Historic buildings
Spanish mission buildings
California -- History
Californie -- Histoire
California
Note:
Title appears on first print.
Complete set Including title print and 15 sheets containing 42 images. Also includes one duplicate sheet.
Text printed on back of first print: "Your California. California Bicentennial Series. Original watercolor prints of the Historical
Sites and California Missions listed below are to be given free with minimum purchased starting June 2, 1969, at all Standard
Stations and Chevron Dealers located in California..." Also printed on back of first print is list of 42 images reproduced
in the set and corresponding map plotting the locations of their subjects, and order forms for purchase of prints and a commemorative
medallion.
Gift of Joanne Gingras ; 2022.
California Bicentennial, 1769-1969, BANC PIC 2022.069, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphiclithographs.
History
Lithographs
Pictorial works
Watercolors
Lithographs.
Watercolors.
Lithographies.
Aquarelles (Œuvres d'art)
Physical Description:
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17 prints in 1 folder : color lithographs ; sheets 47 x 31 cm
Language:
English