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Wing Kong Company : 1926 Calendar - "Wing Kong Company. Wholesale Fruit and Produce. 406 I Street: Sacramento Produce Terminal. Sacramento, California."

Gerlach Barklow Company?, Joliet, IL?, 1926

Original calendar from 1926 for the Wing Kong Company that features a multicolored illustration by Adelaide Hiebel of a women seated in side profile on a picturesque beach who wears a fancy dress with pink roses on her lap. Illustration is adhered on backing and has a top mat with a gilt decorative border and gilt lettering. Calendar is unmarked and features the twelve months of the year. It is adhered at the bottom of the top mat. String also at the top of the mat. 13 1/2" x 19." Calendar and illustration are very clean and intact. Mat and backing are clean and intact overall. Minor tear and slight discoloration at the left edge on the top mat and very faint dampstaining on right edge of the top mat. Gilt lettering at the top is a bit faded. The lettering reads, "Phone: Main 3120. Wing Kong Company. Wholesale Fruit and Produce. 406 I Street: Sacramento Produce Terminal. Sacramento, California." Adelaide Hiebel (1885-1965) was an artist and illustrator who worked for the Gerlach Barklow Company, a leading manufacturer of art calendars based in Joliet, Illinois that operated from 1907-1971. Hiebel was known for her highly detailed pastel portraits of women, mothers, infants, children, and people with dogs.. Illustr.: Hiebel, Adelaide. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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