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The Great Seal, or the Great Seal of the State of California as it is officially called, is the impression made on "all commissions, pardons and other public instruments to which the signature of the Governor is required" with the attestation of the Secretary of State; the impression, with or without "wafer," is made by a master die and counter die of an officially adopted design fixed in a ...
Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect and engineer. [1] [2] She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career. [3]
California red-legged frog Rana draytonii: 2014 [2] Animal: California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus: 1958 Bat: Pallid bat. Antrozous pallidus. 2024 [3] Bird: California quail Callipepla californica: 1931 [4] Colors: Blue and gold Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the ...
Ruhnau was the son of a German artist and was born in Santa Barbara, California, but also lived in Pasadena, California, and then Riverside, California where he graduated from Riverside's Poly High School in 1928. [1] He studied architecture at the University of Southern California and served as an architect in the United States Navy during ...
Pages in category "Architects from California" The following 195 pages are in this category, out of 195 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A copper lamp designed by Dirk Van Erp, displayed at the De Young Museum in San Francisco A Dirk van Erp lamp at the Oakland Museum of California Dirk van Erp in his shop Dirk Koperlager van Erp (1862–1933) was a Dutch American artisan , coppersmith and metalsmith , best known for lamps made of copper with mica shades, and also for copper ...
Returning to California, Mayhew obtained his architect degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1927. [2] Mayhew was subsequently hired by Miller and Pflueger and worked with that firm for six years during a time when they were designing prominent skyscrapers and movie palaces as well as taking occasional commissions for ...
Walter Harris Ratcliff Jr. (1881—1978) was an English-born American architect, active in Berkeley, California. [1] His work includes local landmarks and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places .