My grandparents bought this as a graduation gift for my mother in June 1935. I have the original insurance paper with chest stlye # serial # and certificate #. She is in ill health and gave this to me since I always admired it. Just curious about the value.
Small Collectors plate with photos of Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip dated June 1959 with banner that say's Royal Visit To Canada and royal ensignia at the bottom of the plate
This is a great piece of classic San Francisco Americana. This sign was recently removed from the Chinatown location. It would make a great addition to your store, loft, or wherever you need to hand a giant hand holding a hamburger.
The burger is 24" in diameter and 17" high. The sign is 41" long, 36" high at the hand and 24" high at the rear. The sign is about 14" thick.
Images are of a pencil rendering of an architectural drawing of Mrs. Gertrude Gray's Residence by William Harrison Smith.
I am looking to find out more about the architect, the home, or the resident. Any information that can be provided will be greatly appreciated. Any appraisal value that you believe to be represented for the item also would be greatly appreciated.
The glass on the image is yellowed on the inside and the paper printed on is a tan color, not white, with a dark pencil border.
My friend had it for a number of years, only to find out from hand-writing on the interior back, that it was painted by the "Mother of St. Petersburgh"(Florida), wife of "General" John C. Williams, one of the main founding fathers of St. Petersburgh, Florida. John & Sarah Williams were both instrumental in St. Petersburg's development.
It's an original oil painting done by Sarah that lived in St. Petersburgh,
Florida in the 1800's. She wrote info on the back interior of her
painting. We can't quite make out some of it. But we can read that she
painted it for her husband "General" John C. Williams, (a Founding father of St. Pete.)
It also says the painting is of her home in St. Petersburgh, Florida.
Also it shows her name (the painter) as Sarah Armistead. This was her married name to a third husband, sometime after Gen. Williams had died.
Photo #1 = The Painting itself
Photo #2 = A photograph of John & Sarah Williams, which is from the St. Petersburg Museum of History. This was taken from the book "Remembering St. Petersburg Florida" by Scott Taylor Hartzell, from which I learned most of the history of the artist (Sarah). [An interesting note: When I saw this photograph for the first time, I realized the man seen in my painting, must be the 'ole 'General' himself. Note the long white beard.]
