Who was the Artist and when was it originally published?

The Bear’s only appearance, other than use by the CHSC, was when he was published in the Pan-Pacific Cook Book in 1915. The book contains 595 international recipes from countries at the fair. (some are a bit dubious). The book comes in two versions: one with a pictorial cover illustrating the fair, the other in quarter green cloth with a paper that looks a lot like a floral wallpaper. The book is well known to bibliographers: Bitting 309, Brown 123, Cagle & Stafford 58, Christian 218, Glozer 179, Strehl 21. The author was L. L. McLaren, but there is no mention or credit for the artist. McLaren also wrote the cookbook “High Living” in 1904.

Why was the image chosen for the CHSC logo and when?

The bear was picked at about the time the group was started . We were looking for a graphic that had a “California” look, had a library tie-in and for something not covered by copyright. The frontispiece is the main image we use as it has the bear reading a cookbook (the Pan-Pacific Cook Book). People in the group responded strongly to The Bear, so he got the job. Also, there are 15 images of The Bear in the book in various culinary activities, so he could usually have a subject tie-in to the programs. He was used on all the postcards we made during the early years. Jackie Knowles always described him as the Bear-Chef.