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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Out of a fleur-de-lis : the history, romance, and biography of the Louisiana purchase exposition
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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
Image of a proof sheet for several smaller prints featuring purple and white irises; the flowers are illustrated with frames, gold and colored backgrounds, dragonflies, and a spider web.
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Rare Books
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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 a fleur de lis in a red shield on a round label.
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A photograph album compiled by Lily Henrietta Tiedeman (1879-1953) documenting her tour of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (popularly known as the St. Louis World's Fair), while working as a journalist for the Sedalia Sentinel in Missouri. Tiedeman attended with her brother John Tiedeman, who was business manager of the Sedalia Sentinel at the time. The opening page displays the press pass for "L. H. Tiedeman," followed by 114 photographs presumably taken by her, interspersed with souvenir ephemera including ribbons, tickets, passes, business cards, and badges. The photographs document the attendees, elaborate buildings and grounds, and the various exhibits, particularly the "human zoos" of indigenous people. Images include the Philippine Village featuring Igorot people; Native Americans on horses in front of posters announcing the Custer's Massacre reenactment performances; the Japanese tea garden and pavilion (she pasted in the business card of artist Hokkai Takashima); and the East-India pavilion. Also of note are the Transportation Day photographs of electric trolleys of the St. Louis Car Company. There are a few photographs of a young woman posing, who may be Tiedeman.
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