tablecloth

Object number:

H84.206.27

Object name:

tablecloth

Date made:

1940s

Material/Technique:

Muslin

Credit line:

Museum Purchase

Physical description:

Table cloth. Dimensions: 50 x 42 1/2" Condition: printing fading

Content description:

Description: muslin "California" cloth, printed in red, yellow, blue, and black, map of the state with illustrations of prominent landmarks, illustrations of sight-seeing sites form border, including one of Bay Bridge with caption "Oakland

Concepts:

gold mining; gambling; cable car; San Diego Zoo; Santa Anita Race Track; Hollywood Park Race Track; Rose Bowl; Knott's Berry Farm; ghost town; farmers market; movie studio; whale; vegetable; cowboy; Oakland Army Base; skiing; automobile; hunting; fishing; Capitol; Mather Field; McClellan Field; Camp Stoneman; Castle Air Force Base; Fort Mason; Hamilton Air Force Base; tractor; Fort Ord; painting; bear; oil well; fishing boat; Camp Roberts; viticulture; Camp Cook; priest; flying fish; Fort McArthur; Long Beach Naval Station; El Toro Air Base; Camp Pendleton; bull fight; horseback riding; telescope; March Field; cactus; sun; Fisherman's Wharf; state flag

Places:

Santa Rosa, California; Napa, California; Berkeley, California; Crescent City, California; California; Redding, California; Lassen Peak; Oakland; Eureka, California; Redwood Highway; Mount Shasta; Lake Tahoe; Sacramento, California; Pittsburg, California; Oakland; San Francisco; Stockton, California; Modesto, California; Merced, California; Presidio of San Francisco; Golden Gate Bridge; Yosemite National Park; Santa Cruz, California; Fresno, California; Visalia, California; Sequoia National Park; Porterville, California; Pacific Grove, California; San Jose, California; Monterey, California; Tulare, California; Mission Santa Barbara; Paso Robles, California; Salinas, California; Hollywood, California; Santa Catalina Island, California; Santa Monica, California; Port Hueneme, California; Long Beach, California; Laguna Beach, California; San Juan Capistrano, California; San Luis Obispo, California; Santa Maria, California; Oceanside, California; Tijuana, Mexico; Ventura, California; Oxnard, California; Palomar Mountain; San Fernando, California; Salton Sea; Los Angeles, California; Burbank, California; Palm Springs, California; Glendale, California; Brawley, California; Pasadena, California; El Centro, California; Calexico, California; Pomona, California; San Bernardino, California; Redlands, California; Needles, California; Santa Ana, California; Death Valley National Park; Tribune Tower; Mount Whitney; Olvera Street, Los Angeles; Mojave Desert; Hoover Dam; Arizona; Nevada; Reno, Nevada; Carson City, Nevada; Las Vegas, Nevada; Colorado River; Chinatown, San Francisco

Organizations:

Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley

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