There are a number of people deserving of special thanks who contributed to this extraordinary project. First, and most importantly, I would like to thank Victoria Gerard, Bowers’ Vice President of Programs …
Street View, Anaheim – Works – Bowers Museum
Black and white photograph of early Orange County street scene. The front reads "No. 580 Street View, Anaheim Cal" and it is written "Anaheim Street in '90's". The r …
Laguna Hills – Works – Bowers Museum
William Wendt, the “Dean of Southern California landscape painters,” was renowned for creating landscapes composed of meandering trees, bone-dry creek beds, rolling hi …
Rural California – Works – Bowers Museum
Evelyna Nunn Miller grew up in Santa Ana, taught at Pomona College and throughout Southern California. This landscape oil with white barn, tall eucalyptus trees, farm …
Parasol and Sun Bonnets at Newport Beach – Works – Bowers Museum
The beachgoers in this late 19th century century photograph represent California’s long history of migration and visitation to the west coast’s beaches. Beaches have b …
The Hills of Home – Works – Bowers Museum
In 1928, Los Angeles Art Critic Merle Armitage named the local school of landscape painters the "Eucalyptus School." This derogatory term carrried with it the implicat …
Parade of Products – Works – Bowers Museum
Photograph of a horse drawn float moving down a street as part of Santa Ana's early Parade of Products as crowds look on. This float was a part of the Parade of Produc …