Name/Title
Decal Emblem Native Sons of the Golden West, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
2020.65.6Description
Acc. No. 20.65.6
Subject Category: Fraternities / Clubs; N.S.G.W.
Date or Period: c. 1920s
Object: Decal
Description: square shiny paper with a circular emblem featuring a bear, a US Flag with 48 stars, a flag with a red star and a bear, and an image of a classically glad female warrior overlooking a Bay with multi-masted vessels, and the word 'Eureka'. Reverse has instructions for application, and company name: Made in U.S.A. by Borden Decalcomania Co., San Francisco.
Size: L 3 1/4 x W 3 1/4 inches.
History: Native Sons of the Golden West emblem Decal, found in a drawer of a desk, which was once stood in the Hall of the Knights of Pythias, on Oak Street. Desk was bought by William Chun, and moved to storage in the 1970s, where it got eaten by rats.
The N.S.G.W. was founded in 1875 in San Francisco. The Borden Decal Company was founded in San Francisco in1923.
Acquired from: Ted R. Chun
on behalf of Bill Chun Service
Cataloged: 10/25/2020
