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Nevada City CA Map etc. c1930s-50s (3) [180880]

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maps, Atlases & Globes Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
Nevada City CA Map etc. c1930s-50s (3) [180880]
SOLD
110.00USDto c******m+ buyer's premium (27.50)
This item SOLD at 2024 Sep 22 @ 10:55UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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This Nevada City, CA, collection of three includes a 22" x 17.5" rare caricature map of Nevada City, c1950s. The lot also includes letterhead (3) from Schreiber's CafÈ in Nevada City, Ernest Schreiber, Proprietor, est. 1911; & a card sent from Germany to Nevada City, c1938, canceled with three stamps._x000D_
This fun map was the work of Nevada City printmaker & painter George Mathis. Mathis moved to Nevada City in 1948 & opened a successful lithography studio, as well as a gallery that he & his wife Jean ran together. His prolific career included illustration work for the Aerojet Corporation in Sacramento, where he became known for his depictions of space, sketching the Gemini & Apollo space missions. He died in Santa Clara, CA, in 1977. [Nevada City California