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WILLIAM H. BULL (1861-1940)
APACHE TRAIL OF ARIZONA / SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES. Circa 1920.
21 1/2x14 3/4 inches, 54 1/2x37 1/2 cm. Condition A. Matted and framed.
William H. Bull moved from Buffalo, New York to California in 1882 where he "became the in-house artist for [Southern Pacific] and, beginning in 1898, its pioneering booster-magazine venture, Sunset. He specialized in illustrations that emphasized the vast, romantic West, numerous examples of which ran as Sunset magazine covers and were also produced as newsstand posters" (Zega, p. 15). While primarily known for depicting California scenes, he designed other locales as well, including this dramatic view of a pass along the famed Apache Trail in Arizona. The Southern Pacific route did not actually run through the Apache trail, but rather, buses from the station would take travelers on a scenic tour, a point Bull alludes to with his depiction of the vehicle on the mountain trail.
