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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The pictorial album, or, Cabinet of paintings
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Two photograph albums of Pilliner family and other portraits, chiefly taken by William H. Pilliner, an early photographer in the American West. Subjects include Pilliner, his wife Eliza Jane (McGuire) Pilliner, members of the Pilliner and McGuire families, and associates. One album contains cartes-de-visite and tintypes, the other is larger, containing mostly cabinet card photographs. The images date from approximately 1870s to 1902, and some are inscribed. The collection also includes a typescript by Cornelia Elizabeth McGuire (Eliza Jane's sister) of the McGuire family genealogy from 1700 to the mid-1900s, and a typescript of W. H. Pilliner's biography. One photograph depicts G. W. Jenkins and I. N. McGuire, the proprietors of the Santa Maria Times, superimposed over a photograph of the newspaper. Some imprints on the images say "W. H. Pilliner, Pioneer Artist" and studio locations include Reno and Idaho Falls. There are also a few photographs by Piggott & Shaw of Santa Rosa, California.
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Visual Materials
One painting book entitled Pictorial Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1898. This book is comprised of 16 unnumbered pages of chromolithograph plates and black and white images for coloring. The front cover is a chromolithograph of two children playing in the snow. "Copyright 1898 by McLoughlin Bros., New York" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. The back cover is green and unillustrated. "A few Practical Instructions for Young Painters" is printed on the inside of the front cover. The inside of the back cover is blank. Each of the interior leaves is illustrated; poetic text accompanies each image. All of the black and white images have been colored in with either crayon or watercolor. "Clifford Mattson, Bantam, Conn., Feb. 26, 1903" is written in ms., in ink, in the upper left-hand corner of the front cover. "Gertrude B. Brock" is written in ms., in pencil, across the first page. "5" and "9-" (price) have been written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.
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Manuscripts
The Northrop Grumman Corporation papers document the history of Northrop Aircraft, Inc. and Northrop Corporation, as well as its products, employees, and founder, John Knudsen Northrop. The collection is divided into three series: Northrop Corporation Archives; Aircraft Division Records; and Photographs and Negatives. The bulk of the material is within the Corporation Archives series, which was compiled by Ira Chart, the Aircraft Division/Aircraft Group historian. The series are interrelated and cover similar subject matter. Though there is a Photographs and Negatives series, some photographs can be found throughout the collection. The collection is generally arranged by subject and format of material within. It includes brochures, reports, manuals, photographs, memoranda, newsletters, and other materials.
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Visual Materials
Cartes-de-visite from negatives in Brady National Gallery, by E. Anthony. Signatures are included.
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Rare Books
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