California Admission Day Festival 1910

California Admission Day 1910 Festival, San Francisco September 8, 9, 10.  Displayed are symbolic representations of the State of California:  a Grizzly Bear, the state flag, California poppy flowers, redwood trees, a California Spanish mission, a medal stamped 1850, the Pacific Ocean and mountains.

The festival was a celebration of California having become the thirty-first state to be admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850. 

From the collection of Lew Baer.

"San Francisco Celebrates"
Postcard Image Gallery:

1. Great White Fleet
1908

2. Portola Festival
1909

3. California Adm. Day
1910

4. Pan. - Pac. Int. Expo.
1915

5. Golden Gate Int. Expo.
1939-1940

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