Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
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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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Rare Books
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Visual Materials
Image of a firefighter's certificate of service in the Boston Fire Department from the City of Boston made out in manuscript to Amasa Pray and dated March 4, 1846, with a central image of an eye-level view of the Old State House in Boston, Massachusetts, on fire with smoke coming out of the windows and firefighters in and around the building with hoses, ladders, and manual fire engines, while spectators watch from the street and surrounding buildings; the image depicts the November 21, 1832, fire that seriously damaged the Old Massachusetts State House (then serving as city hall of Boston); with an image of the seal of the City of Boston at bottom center showing the city as seen from the harbor with boats in the foreground.
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