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Poster measures 18″ wide x 24″ high. With frame 20″ x 26″. Poster has been professionally framed. Some tape residue on corners. Some small marks as shown.

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We are just having a fine time. We are now in the heart of. It’s too quiet in the mountains to suit me. NOTE: Any text presented in the description above may be computer-generated grab-text and may contain errors. We sometimes heavily watermark to protect our photos and the card images for the benefit of our customers. Please examine the images carefully as the photos are our best description. We are always happy to try to answer questions about condition.

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GENUINE >>>>>>>>> PACIFIC GREYHOOUND – Bus Roll Sign section with 12 destinations, encompassing cities in the Greater Bay Area. SANTA CRUZ – – – MONTEREY – – – – MILL VALLEY – – – – BELVEDERE. (Town – Island) FAIRFAX – – – MANOR (Community Neighborhood of Fairfax). SAN ANSELMO — SAN RAFAEL – – – NOVOTO Along Redwood Highway U. INVERNESS (Tomales Bay & near Point Reyes Station – Pacific Coast Highway 1). MARIN CITY (Just east of Sausalito). This section is made of a strong material (NOT MYLAR) The edges are reinforced with what looks like copper? Great for a wall in the home office, game room, coffee house, restaurant, travel agency, den, retail business, house staging. ORIGINAL AS FOUND / AS IS. THIS OFERING IS FOR A NICE BIG SECTION, – 75 INCHES BY 29-1/2 INCHES. Ideal for wall mounting. Authentic item that was in use, pre digital bus signage era. – Fare route – – San Francisco Bay Area – Pacific Ocean – US Highway 101 – Bus barn – Golden Gate Bridge – SF / Oakland Bay Bridge – Redwood Highway – Marin County – Sonoma County – Alameda County – Conta Costa County – San Joaquin County – Solano County- East Bay. Interstate 5 – State Route 99 – Highway 50 – Interstate 80 – Pacific Ocean. Northern California – – work / commercial office – retail – government – transportation – BART – bus. INTERIOR DESIGN – DECORATOR – STAGING – VINTAGE -HISTORICAL COLLICTIBLE.

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This is two separate postcards that make a panoramic view together. Please check the photos carefully for condition and feel free to send us a message if you have any questions. If you need help please request an invoice.

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Golden Hills, Bay View. DESCRIPTION: An absolutely gorgeous California painting by this Santa Barbara/Carpinteria artist. I’m not positive of the location, but it looks like San Francisco’s East Bay or Berkeley, view down from golden rolling hills and bushy oaks to a long view across the bay. Perhaps someone will recognize the setting. It’s beautifully painted, luscious colors and brushwork. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES: Oil on canvas, framed in wood. CONDITION: Small areas of craquelure, tiny paint losses and touch-ups. Normal age, wear to frame. DIMENSIONS: 20″ by 25″ framed to 25 1/2″ by 30″. Joseph Edward Knowles was born in Kendall, Montana, on June 15, 1907. He grew up in San Diego, California. At age twenty, two years before the beginning of the Great Depression, he moved north to another town on the coast of California—Santa Barbara. Fletcher, who was trained in portraiture, landscape painting, and woodblock printing, was a great influence on young Knowles. It was there that Knowles learned the art of color woodblock printmaking, a medium in which he showed great skill. Not long after completing his studies with Fletcher, Knowles began teaching art. For a period of thirty years, from 1930 to1960, he taught at the Cate School in Carpinteria, California. Upon his return, he continued to teach art at various schools and institutions: Cate School, Crane Country School, extension classes at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), and at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA). Knowles also served as an art education consultant for the County of Santa Barbara. Knowles died at his home in Santa Barbara on September 8, 1980. Much of Knowles’ watercolor work is associated with what has been termed the “California School, ” a loose grouping of artists throughout the state that included such figures as Millard Sheets, Phil Dike, Dong Kingman, George Post, and the Santa Barbara painters Dan Lutz and Standish Backus, Jr. The California School artists, including Knowles, were known for their fresh, direct, spontaneous style of watercolor painting. Knowles and other members of the school found inspiration in nature and the built environment alike, emphasizing elements of design in their exuberant, boldly stated, colorful scenes from everyday life. While painting in a representational manner, Knowles generally avoided photographic realism, preferring subjective interpretation of his subjects. In this, as well as in his experimental approach and vigorous brushwork, he displayed a strongly modern sensibility. Knowles often used the wet-on-wet watercolor technique as he painted seascapes and landscapes, mostly along the California coast. He also employed dry-brush techniques in many of his paintings, often leaving some of the white of the watercolor paper exposed. Some of the latter depict trees and other forms in a broken and airy manner that recalls Cezanne. Knowles’ colored woodblock prints are more reserved and exact in their draftsmanship than his paintings. Spare, clean, lyrical lines are drawn to illustrate floral motifs and boat scenes with a touch of asymmetry conjuring Japanese woodblock prints. His murals from the post-World War II period are considerably more modern in their approach and show an emphasis on design and color. California Watercolor Society (1940 – 1955). Santa Barbara Art Association (Vice President – 1952). Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) – San Francisco, California. San Diego Fine Arts Gallery (SDMA) – San Diego, California. Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) – Santa Barbara, California. Cowie Galleries – Los Angeles, California. Gallery de Silva – Santa Barbara, California. Bradley Galleries – Santa Barbara, California. Westmont College – Ellen Porter Hall Mural – Santa Barbara, California. Safeway Grocery (now Vons Grocery on West Victoria Street) – Exterior Tile Mosaic. Santa Barbara Bank & Trust – Interior Mosaic Panels, Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara Girls Club – Interior Mosaic Mural – Santa Barbara, California. Ernest Righetti High School – Mosaic Mural – Santa Maria, California. Shell Oil Company – Mosaic Panel – California. Beckman Instruments, Corporate Headquarters – Mosaic – Fullerton, California. STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, WALLS and PANELS. Katherine Thayer Cate Memorial Chapel – Cate School, Carpinteria, California. Porter Memorial Chapel – Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California. La Rinconada Building – Santa Barbara, California. “California’s Wonderful Corner: True Stories for Children from the History of the Santa Barbara Region, ” by Walter A. Tompkins (1962 & 1975). Two sets of dinnerware for Winfield China, Inc. Denver Art Museum – Denver, Colorado. P e n c i l p o i n t e r >. Usually available; please inquire. Please contact me with any questions.

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Please see photos showing front and back. Cover has wear and tear as it’s over 125 years old.

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San Francisco printed in large red letters across the bottom. The colors are strong and overall condition is very good. Size (in): 24″ x 18″.

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Please see photos showing front and back. Cover has wear and tear as it’s over 125 years old.

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California Coast Route Santa Clara, Palo Alto, San Francisco mileage sign. Up for sale today is this California mileage sign for the destinations of Santa Clara, Palo Alto, and San Francisco. The sign is made to the 1919 specification of the California State Auto Association, with the logo at the bottom (as well as the association name at the sides) and with sharp corners. Later generations changed to rounded corners for safety, in case an unexpected kinetic event caused the darn thing to come flying through the windshield. I can, of course, make this route marker with any combination of destinations you like. Here is your chance to own a beautiful sign commemorating all the fun you and your loved ones have had in these places, without breaking the bank. I can make any destination sign; inquire about your home town! The sign is flat printed on steel, with completely accurate layout and fonts. It weighs about 3 lb. And is 17 by 13 inches. If you would like a different size or route number, please do not hesitate to inquire. This is a high quality, heavy steel, non-reflective sign – perfect for indoor or outdoor display, with great gloss to replicate the old-school porcelain look. Accept no imitations that may be one-third this price, but are one-tenth the quality. No cheap tin to be found here, with the wrong fonts, layouts, size, shape, or any other manner of embarrassing imperfection. This one will make even the most discerning collector stick their nose into the sign, as it looks that good from that close! I can of course make these signs with any route number of your choice, and not just this style, but older and newer ones, and even the classic mileage, direction, and city limit guide signs from bygone eras. Anything you would like, made with unsurpassed quality right here in the good old US of A, packed with care, and mailed from zip code 61833. Life doesn’t happen along the interstates. It’s against the law. Please note: The watermark and bear logo in the design preview will not appear on the actual sign. We have begun adding a watermark because we have had problems with other companies copying our artwork to make lesser-quality imitations. You will only get this high level of quality in design and materials from Signs by Jake.

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