Saturday, December 8, 2012

More Bank of Sonoma County Photos

I found a couple more interesting photos that weren't tagged with Ruth Dicker's name, but are interesting nonetheless.  The first is a picture of people at the opening with a circular Ruth Dicker painting on the wall and the second is the larger mural in the context of the bank.  I believe that there were two or three of these round pieces at the branch.  I also believe that all of these pieces, including the larger mural, went up for auction in 2005 and I don't know there whereabouts today.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Archival Photos of Bank of Sonoma County Opening

I was doing some research and came across an interesting website called worldcat that links to different library systems.  It took me to a couple of archival photos of Ruth Dicker.  Eventually, it led me to a number of great photos taken by Don Meacham at the Sonoma County Library.  The notes read, "Lawrence Simons, building architects, Ruth Dicker, landscape painter, John P. Long president of Bank of Sonoma County, bank located at corner of First and D. Streets."  I have never seen any of these photos before, but I have seen this painting.  The dates seem to disagree on 1967 or 1973.