Admission Day 1910
Mitchell published five charming bear-themed unnumbered postcards
for the Admission Day 1910 Festival of September 1910,
celebrating the 60th anniversary of California's admission to the union on 9/09/1850.
The used examples above are postmarked from San Francisco within a few days of one other.
- Mitchell, postmarked 9/05/1910.
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Mitchell, postmarked 9/16/1910,
features numerous California icons:
a grizzly bear, the state flag, poppies, a redwood, a mission, the Sierra,
and an N.D.G.W. (Native Daughters of the Golden West) crest.
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Mitchell with P.P.I.E. seal on back.
Another card with this front has a back printed with sample card information,
offering cards at 1¢ each, 75¢ per hundred, or $7.00 per thousand.
- Mitchell, postmarked 9/06/1910.
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