Stanford v. Univ. of SoCal: Football

      The Mayor was down on the farm this past weekend: football.   The Leland Stanford, Jr. team v. the University of Spoiled Children(USC).  A good crowd was in evidence to watch favored Stanford rip the Trojans apart as Cardinal quarterback McCaffrey displayed his talents for playing the iconic game.   The weather was perfect, if not a little too warm.
      While down in Palo Alto, we visited the Cantor Museum on campus.  A special exhibition was on display with a focus on works of art that incorporated images of California's water features portrayed by some of the world's greatest painters and photographers.  Many of the usual suspects were there: Ansel Adams, Alfred Bierstadt, William Keith, Edward Muybridge, etc.  Many works were of relatively unknown artists, such as John Key, the painter.
     The museum itself is a fine example of architectural elegance.  The building has been transformed after a near total destruction in the 1906 earthquake that did much to transform San Francisco.  The fault line is almost in the backyard of Stanford, along the San Andreas Fault just a mile or so to the west.  The bricks have been replaced by concrete with steel reinforcement, and other structural components have been upgraded.
     The painting by Key is a landscape with a view from the Tahoe City area, south, with Rubicon Peak in the right center, and Mount Tallac just left.  Snowy peaks in the distance identify the time of year as late spring or early summer. 

Lake Tahoe, 1870, John Ross Key

Map of California,1880

The map of the state clearly depicts the state after statehood established the boundary with the Nevada territory before that area became a state.  The county boundaries are not clear, indicating the soon to be developed county lines.
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