California?

1917-1918

Cap of plain weave white cotton (like cheese cloth) that is printed blue (leaving white stars) and red; the crown is white. It is lined with a stiffer, but equally inexpensive white cloth; the...

1950s?

Large, white linen damask dinner napkin, with lettering reading "Southern Pacific" in a circle around the company logo of a sunset and railroad tracks. There are two borders, the larger one of...

c.1930s

This croquet set was used first by Edward (Eddie) Luperni who was born and raised in Mt. Shasta. Later it came to his brother-in-law, Franklin R. Williams, who used the set from c. 1950's on in...

c. 1890-1915

The vest has a shawl collar (broad at the bottom curve and stitched down), the style worn for dress or formal occasions. There's a small pocket on either side in the front. There are four...

c. 1890-1910

This vest is made of a textured weave (appears to be brocaded and embossed, with textured horizontal ribs forming the "baclground"). The collar is shawl-like, but narrow at the bottom, and with "...

c. 1890-1915

This textured, cream colored, fancy weave vest has a low shawl collar, the style worn for dress or formal occasions. There's a small pocket on either side in the front.There are four machine...

World War II

White wool felt armband, silk screened with the logo for an Air Raid Warden--blue circle centered with an equalateral triangle contaning diagonal stripes of red and white.

1935-1939

Blue and yellow felt rooter's cap from the University of California (when there was one campus with that title - Berkeley). One side of the cap is blue, the other yellow. Paul Broadhead, who...

1950s?

A-B: Identical, large, white linen damask dinner napkins, with script style lettering reading "Santa Fe" at a diagonal in the center. The field of the napkin is scattered with individual ivy...

1950s?

Large, white linen damask dinner napkin, with lettering reading "United States of America, Department of the Navy" in a circle around an eagle holding an anchor. Clusters of 13 stars (for the...

1930s?

Large, white linen damask dinner napkin, with lettering reading "Fairmont, San Francisco" under an elaborate shield in the center of the napkin. A border of scrolls, and a narrow, machine...

1930s?

Large, white linen damask dinner napkin, with lettering reading "The Biltmore, Los Angeles" under an elaborate initial "B" in the center of the napkin. Two borders of flowers, and a narrow,...

2000

This poster (framed in a black metal frame, unglazed) is the image of the "Califonria Statehood Sesquicentennial Stamp, 1850-2000," issued September 9, 2000, Oakland, California 94612. The poster...

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