California Calls You. The Art Of Promoting The Golden State 1870 To 1940

KURUTZ, KD & GARY KURUTZ

Publication: Windgate Press, 2000, Sausalito, California

First edition, third printing. 4to, Gray cloth, titles stamped in silver on the spine, orange tinted front and rear endpapers, 171 [1] pp., introduction, illustrated (mostly in color), maps, epilogue, appendices and notes, artists' biographies, acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, place name index. This book presents a unique collection of over 360 full color illustrations of the best of California promotional graphics. From the 1870s to the beginning of World War II a major attempt was made to entice people to come to California. This is a comprehensive exploration of California's promotional materials ... posters, brochures, and advertisements ... all used to attract settlers, tourists, and investors to California. Included are works by such well-known California artists as Carl Oscar Burg, Maurice Logan, William Bull, Maynard Dixon, and many others. Tiny inked letter at top of rear endpaper, else a fine, bright copy in dust jacket.