Rare Books
The Yukon ditch
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of a political cartoon depicting a tearful Confederate President Jefferson Davis disguised in a dress and bonnet fleeing Union cavalry soldiers riding through a camp on horseback during the American Civil War; a woman (presumably his wife Varina Davis) wears hoop skirts, petticoat, and a corset without a dress as she tries to dissuade the soldiers riding into camp.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, manuscripts (including diaries and mining reports), photographs and maps related to the career of mining engineer Charles Janin. Subject matter in the collection focuses on minerals, mines and mining, especially in California, Mexico, Alaska, Canada, Russia (including Siberia), and Central and South America. There is information about gold, silver, platinum, and tin mining as well as gold dredging.
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