Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Story of the Imperial valley
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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
9 items: LAT article, 4/17/1901, "Salton Desert soon to be converted into fertile farms"; LAT article copy, 12/21/1905, "The clouds over Imperial," on the canal ruptures that led to the creation of the Salton Sea; copies of selected pages of A History of Imperial Valley, by Otto ?, no date seen; 2-pp. citations from LAT for Niland, CA., 1914 - 1921; LAT article copy, 5/21/1940, "Imperial's courage" ; LAT brief copy, 3/28/1941, "First cantaloupes sell for $1 each."
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Visual Materials
The Peabody Collection consists of 672 glass plate negatives in various sizes, 1054 film negatives in various sizes, 24 photograph albums, 887 loose photographs in a variety of formats, published works, and manuscript material, created and collected by Henry G. Peabody, 1859-1993 (bulk 1890s-1900s). The materials collectively describe Peabody's long career as a commercial landscape photographer working on both the east and west coasts of the United States. The photographs and negatives depict Peabody and his family; landscape views in New England, Canada, the western United States, California, and Mexico; Native Americans; city and landscape views in Great Britain, France, and Switzerland; portraits; architectural renderings; plants and animals; unidentified landscapes; and miscellaneous images. Additional photographers and photographic firms represented in the collection include Alexander Hesler, Charles F. Lummis, and Spence Air Photos. The published works contain photographs by Peabody. The manuscript material provides information about Peabody's negatives; contains catalogs of Peabody's works for sale; describes Peabody's commercial dealings as both a photographer and seller of photographic equipment; and contains ephemeral material collected by Peabody throughout his life.
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Visual Materials
Imperial Valley Growers - workers packing cantelope for shipment.
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