Mermaid Queen
Los Angeles: W.P. Chase and Company, [1908]. Large format. Silver gelatin photograph [15 cm x 23 cm] / [6" x 9"] on a black mount [20 cm x 28 cm] / [8" x 11"]. Nice condition with strong contrasts. Item #7086
Photograph of an illustration of the 'Mermaid Queen' done W.P. Chase for Long Beach's 'Festival of Sea.' "The W.P. Chase Company of Los Angeles, who have earned a reputation second to none as decorators, were engaged to transform the town into a bower of beauty, and thousands of pennants, flags, electric lights and other decorative material were ordered with a freedom that will insure the most attractively decorated city ever known in the history of California." - Long Beach Telegram (08/20/1908).
Price: $150.00