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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
A bird's eye view of our federal government
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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
The B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and Photographs consists of 804 4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in. glass plate negatives, 1782 film negatives (including stereo negatives), 2302 black and white photographs (including stereos, postcards, and photograph albums), and related manuscript and ephemeral materials, 1903-1950s (bulk 1920s-1930s), that provide a visual history of the growth of many of the San Gabriel Valley's suburban communities, a survey of many of California's (and the western United States') notable landscapes, and an overview of Jackson's career as a landscape and scenic view photographer.
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Photograph collection of prints and albums detailing the missionary work of William H. Weinland (1861-1930), a Moravian missionary, as well as his family and associates. Images include sites in Alaska among the Eskimo and southern California at the Morongo Reservation. Other images are from Arizona, possibly Montana, and the Great Plains. Photographs in Alaska are by Canadian missionary and Weinland associate Henry Hartmann, William H. Weinland, and commercial photographer M. Lorenz. Many of the southern California images are by William Weinland. Includes a cyanotype of native American school children in southern California and contact prints of Banning, Calif. and the surrounding area.
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A panoramic bird's-eye view of an unidentified town. There are hills in the background in the center and right, and mountains on the left.
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Untitled photograph of a painting. No old shelf mark. Attached verso label "Misc. Uncat. photograph Cleveland - California photograph of relief map. Ord'rd of Huey Co. 10-23-46, 2 items rec. by RGC, cost $3.50." Folder contains negative as well. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Photograph. Verso Text: see general notes.
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Image of an aerial cityscape view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the Schuylkill River in the foreground, and the Delaware River in the background.
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