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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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Two drawing instruction books entitled Circles & Squares, Books One and Two, by Marguerite Marquart and Jean T. Mitchell, published by World Book Company, Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York, copyright 1930 and 1931. These two books are designed to be used consecutively; Book Two builds upon the principles and lessons in Book One. Each is illustrated with lithograph line drawings. Book One "is intended to help [the] ten- and eleven-year-olds with their first difficulties in drawing three-dimensional forms, to aid the older students in 'thinking through' their problems in graphic representation... ." Book Two "is extended to squares and to true perspective for rectangular objects and their interrelation in groups." Each book consists of numerous exercises, lessons and picture studies, each with careful and detailed textual explanation and discourse. Book One is 78 pages in length; Book Two has 80 pages. Each book has the same geometrical pattern decorating the front cover; Book One is brown and Two is green. The insides of the front and back covers of Book One are decorated with miscellaneous images; the insides of the covers of Book Two are blank. The back covers of both books are blank. "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. on the front cover of each book.
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Visual Materials
The Citrus label collection contains more than 1,500 lithographed labels related to the California citrus industry in the United States from 1880 to 1960, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1890 to 1940. The vast majority of the collection consists of lithographed labels produced for Californian growers, packers, and distributors to identify brand names and packing locations on wooden shipping crates of oranges, lemons and grapefruits. Many of the labels were printed by Los Angeles and San Francisco lithographers. The collection includes a range of lithography techniques from crayon drawing and hand stippling to the use of Ben Day screen patterns and half-tone lithography. The collection also includes more than 100 examples with "bronzing," a printing technique where varnish is printed on the label, followed by a dusting of fine bronze powder. A significant number of labels are stamped on verso with a received date by the Fruit Growers Supply Company, and some include signatures of approval or notations about printing corrections. The collection provides a broad view of the development of citrus fruit advertising over time, and also touches upon topics of commerce, manufacturing, travel and tourism, and promotion of the western United States. In the earliest examples, themes include naturalistic designs of flowers, animals, women, historical subjects, and scenic landscapes. Brand names, simple designs, block letters, and geometric patterns dominate in later examples. Many of the labels depict orange groves, scenic views, or flowers, though the collection also includes a wide variety of imagery beyond these themes including Native Americans, transportation, children, and portraits of famous or fictional people.
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Visual Materials
Image of oranges grouped in a circular shape.
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Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
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