Object number:
2010.54.7066
Object name:
calendar; poster; work on paper
Title:
Mexicali Rose
Date made:
1974
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 27.25 in, W: 11.625 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
Multicolor poster shows an image of a man and a woman in an outdoor landscape wearing Aztec-style clothing. The woman kneels on the ground and pets a deer that is drinking in a nearby pool of water. Text below the image reads, "Telephone 451-2450, Beer & Wine / Efren Gomez D., Prop. / Mexicali Rose / Finest in Mexican Foods / 10:00 a.m. To 3:30 a.m. Daily / 7th Street & Clay Street / Oakland, California 94612 / Banquet Room / Orders To Go." A Calendar page for November and December 1974 is attached to the bottom of the poster.
Concepts:
male; calendar; advertisement; food; deer; female; Hispanic American
Places:
Oakland
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