This booklet accompanies an exhibit featuring the landscape art of Monterey Bay during the period of rapid growth & change following California's statehood in 1850. Acknowledgements begins the booklet, and the introduction takes one through this historic time. The booklet contains the names and mini-biographies for the artists chosen for display, and ends on a bibliography.

Artists: William Lemos, Leon Trousset, William Keith, Jules Tavernier, Henry Cleenewerck, Raymond Yelland / R D Yelland / Raymond Dabb Yelland, Julian Rix, James E Stuart, George Innes, Frank Heath, Lillian Heath, Jolly Daubers, Santa Cruz Art League, Margaret Rogers / Margaret E Rogers, Arthur Frank Mathews / Arthur Mathews, Charles Rollo Peters, Will Sparks, M De Neale Morgan / Mary de Neale Morgan / M DeNeale Morgan, Sydney Yard, William Adam, Percy Gray, William Silva, Louise Cunningham, Edward Currier, Joseph Greenbaum, Lillian Howard, Amadee Joullin, John Ross Key, Bertha Stringer Lee, Lorenzo Palmer Latimer / L P Latimer, Francis John McComas, Harold Peelor, Charles Rogers / Charles A Rogers, Manuel de Urunuela, James Walker, Lemuel Wiles, Theodore Wores
Notables: Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, Community Printers, Nikki Silva, Charles Prentiss, Santa Cruz City Museum, Ann Peterson, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Betty Hoag McGlynn, Barbara Dosher, California Historical Society, Gold Rush, plein air, The Eucalyptus School, Josephine Clifford McCracken, 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Del Monte Art Gallery, Sherman House, Casa Bonifaco, Soquel Creek, Carmel Art Association, Peter's Gate, Bohemian Club, Point Lobos, Cypress Point, 17 Mile Drive, Moore's Beach, Carmel Valley, Natural Bridges Beach, California's School of Design