Entrée principale:

Book Club of California.

Titre et auteur:

West coast expositions and galas.

Publication:

[San Francisco] : The Book Club of California, 1970.

Description:

10 folders : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Série(s):

Series of keepsakes ; 1970

Notes:
Ten folders, loose, housed inside a larger folder within a slipcase.
Colophon on each folder: "This series of Keepsakes consists of ten folders issued by The Book Club of California to its members during 1970. The series has been edited by Samuel Stark and has been designed and printed by Adrian Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. The reproductions of the post cards have been executed by George Waters Color Productions, Inc. and the composition by Mackenzie & Harris, Inc. in Spectrum types. Copyright © 1970 by The Book Club of California."
Biographical note on first folder: "Samuel Stark is Honorary Curator of Theatre Collections at the California Historical Society and a Fellow of the Gleeson Library Associates at the University of San Francisco. Deltiology is his hobby, and the illustrations used in this Keepsake are from his collection of approximately 475,000 post cards."
Number one. "Don't forget to send a card." / Samuel Stark. -- Number two. California Midwinter International Exposition / Dr. Gunther Barth. -- Number three. Lewis and Clark Exposition / Richard Dillon. -- Number four. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition / Henry Broderick. -- Number five. The Portolá celebration / Leslie O. Merril. -- Number six. Panama-Pacific International Exposition / Walter S. Johnson. -- Number seven. Panama-California Exposition / Edward M. Lindsay. -- Number eight. The Tournament of Roses / Ray Allen Billington. -- Number Nine. Peace voyage of the U.S. White Fleet / Albert Shumate, M.D. -- Number ten. The Mid-Pacific Carnival / Gwenfread E. Allen.

Résumé:

Survey of late 19th and early 20th century exhibitions on the West Coast as seen through pictorial post cards and brief history of post cards.

Sujet:

Postcards Collectors and collecting.

Classification/genre:

Private press books (Printing)
Deckled edges (Paper)

Vedettes secondaires:

Stark, Samuel.
Barth, Gunther Paul.
Dillon, Richard H.
Broderick, Henry.
Merrill, Leslie O.
Johnson, Walter S. (Walter Seely), 1880-1969.
Lindsay, Edward M.
Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981.
Shumate, Albert.
Allen, Gwenfread E. (Gwenfread Elaine), 1904-
Wilson, Adrian.
George Waters Color Productions.
Mackenzie & Harris.
Adrian Wilson, printer
"Don't forget to send a card." 1
California midwinter international exposition. 2
Lewis and Clark exposition. 3
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. 4
The Portola celebration. 5
Panama-Pacific international exposition. 6
The tournament of roses. 7
Peace voyage of the U. S. White Fleet. 8
The mid-pacific carnival. 9
Panama-California exposition. 10
Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1970.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 180138
Cote: ID NC1875.B6; ID:98-B597
Statut: Disponible