Holland, Charles A. de Lisle (sold)
Charles A. de Lisle Holland (fl. c. 1875 - 1915) was an American artist, landscape designer, and theater set designer based in San Francisco and San Diego, California, in the early 20th century. He began his career constructing roof gardens in New York. He was involved with multiple world fair exhibits, beginning at the Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exposition. He produced the 'Creation' exhibit at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and at the time was credited with building more 'big amusement illusions than any other man in America'. He established the Mahomet Amusement Company to operate multiple exhibits at the 1915 San Francisco Panama–Pacific International Exposition. Some of his more famous exhibits include 'The House Upside Down', 'Dante's Inferno', 'Under and Over the Sea', 'The Crystal Maze', and ' Mahomet's Mountains'. Holland's paintings mostly focused on wildlife, and he billed himself as 'The World's Animal Painter'. He was later involved with A. W. Leonard in the Panama Canal Concession Company and a theater prop business, 'Holland and Leonard', both in San Diego. His cartographic work consists of single postcard, 'The Kiss of the Oceans'. copyrighted in 1910, promoting the Panama Canal, set to open in 1915.
A graphically stunning postcard image celebrating the Panama Canal.
Meeting of the Atlantic and Pacific. 'The Kiss of the Oceans 1915'.
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This is a 1910 Charles A. de Lisle-Holland postcard map of the America's drawn to promote the construction of the Panama Canal. The postcard, entitled, 'the kiss of the oceans', incorporates two nereids, representing the Atlantic and Pacific, kissing at the Panama Canal. Statistics about the canal appear in the upper right, including its length, width, history, estimated concrete usage, and anticipated date of completion. (more details)