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Hoist with her own petard
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Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 8 manuscript poems and sonnets by Eliza Fall and 45 letters (one is incomplete) from Fall to William Henry Harrison (1795?-1878) concerning her efforts to have a volume of poetry published. Fall's letters discuss her poetry, her nom de plume "Mary Maynard" and her reasons for keeping her identity secret, and John Ruskin (1819-1900) and his work.
HM 42769
Visual Materials
[Crane hoist, railroad, and elevator platform below Nevada side abutment. Crane served both Nevada and Arizona sides.]
photCL SCE 10 - 00197