California Rainbow Socks
Description: California's Golden Gate Bridge spans the mile-wide strait known as the Golden Gate that connects San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean. The bridge links San Francisco with Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and State Route 1 across the strait along with pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Recognized as one of the Wonders of the Modern World, the Golden Gate Bridge is without question the most recognized symbol of San Francisco, and this '70s style souvenir features the city name in stylized rainbow type to form the iconic suspension bridge. If this one looks familiar, it's most likely because it was worn by Arlene in the movie Death Proof, originally released theatrically as part of the Grindhouse double feature.
Description: A retro-style scene featuring a large ocean wave on the left, with silhouetted palm trees and a colorful striped rainbow in the background on a black canvas. The text "California" is prominent in the foreground, with "VENICE BEACH" below it. Several cartoon birds fly in the upper right.
Description: A retro-style scene depicting a surfer riding a wave with palm trees and a parrot overlooking the ocean. A colorful, semi-circular rainbow stretches across the sky behind a vibrant sunset. The text 'CALIFORNIA' is prominently displayed at the bottom in bold white lettering.
Surfer Retro Sunset Parrot Palm Trees California Socks
by GIBSON GIGS NEW ART
$14 $20
Description: The US Festival (US pronounced like the pronoun, not as initials) was the name of two early ’80s music festivals held in San Bernardino, California. Created by Steve Wozniak, who believed that the ’70s were the “me” generation, he intended the US Festivals to encourage the ’80s to be more community-oriented and combine technology with music. The first event was held over Labor Day weekend in September ’82, and the second was less than nine months later, over Memorial Day weekend in May ’83. The ’82 event had a mix of bands slotted over the three-day event, but ’83 added themed days. While the US Festival events were hugely popular with concert-goers, both events managed to lose $12 million, making them commercial failures.
Description: A retro-style composition featuring a semicircular rainbow with layered bands of red, orange, and yellow, set against a dark background. A stylized sun with radiating lines is positioned in the upper right. The text 'CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'' is prominently displayed in a bold, layered font across the lower portion.
Description: Santa Catalina Island, one of eight islands in California’s Channel Island Archipelago, lies southwest of Los Angeles. It's known for its wildlife, dive sites and Mt. Orizaba, its highest peak. The resort town of Two Harbors lies to the north. To the south, in the city of Avalon, palm trees and cabanas line Descanso Beach. Avalon’s circular, art deco Catalina Casino is a cultural center with a movie theater, ballroom, and museum. This souvenir style design is a throwback to that family trip to Catalina Island in the '80s.
Description: Founded in 1970, California Free Former was the world's largest manufacturer of skateboards during the skateboard craze of the '70s. The Torrance, California-based company ceased operations in 1981 as skateboarding's second wave was just picking up and today, California Free Former boards are highly sought after collectibles as given the very rough and tumble nature of their usage, very few survived.
Description: A retro-style emblem featuring a landscape of Rae Lakes, California. The design includes silhouetted pine trees, a calm lake with a small island, distant mountains, and a semi-circular rainbow of warm colors behind a bright sun. The text 'RAE LAKES' and 'CALIFORNIA' are prominently displayed at the top.
Description: A retro style depiction of multiple evergreen trees silhouetted against a colorful, concentric sunset. The sunset is comprised of arcs in shades of purple, pink, orange, and yellow. Small white stars are scattered across the arc. Below the sunset, the text 'KLAMATH' is displayed prominently in bold, cream-colored letters, followed by 'CALIFORNIA' in smaller, similar letters.
