Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Papers on prohibition
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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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Manuscripts
Chiefly letters from George W. Lowe to his wife, Lizzie Palm Lowe, dealing with family affairs and describing everyday life of a Union soldier; accounts of the Battles of New Madrid (Island Number Ten) and Corinth. The collection also contains letters written to Lizzie Lowe by other family members and other soldiers. There are also two manuscript poems and a pencil map of New Madrid, Missouri.
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Manuscripts
Chiefly letters from George W. Lowe to his wife, Lizzie Palm Lowe, dealing with family affairs and describing everyday life of a Union soldier; accounts of the Battles of New Madrid, Island Number Ten, and Corinth. The collection also contains letters written to Lizzie Lowe by other family members and other soldiers. There are also two manuscript poems and a pencil map of New Madrid, Missouri.
mssLowe
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Manuscripts
Approx. 30 items: selection of LAT news stories and editorials on the issue of alcohol prohibition and the specific period of federal Prohibition, the Volstead Act (1920 - 1933) ; many clips on Mabel Walker Willebrandt, U.S. Asst. Atty. Gen., due to her role in enforcing Prohibition (several on her secret divorce) ; 3-pp. biography on Willebrandt ; related material.
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