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Destroying Victor
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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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Destroying angel
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'An entire family is murdered during a bizarre home intrusion in a quiet, middle class neighborhood in southern Utah. All members of the household are found hanged in the garage, their wrists bound, mouths taped, nooses strung over the ceiling joists. Neatly lettered on the wall in marking pen are the words: FOR AND ON THE BEHALF OF DUDLEY LEAVITT, WHO IS DEAD. But then, less than a week later another household is found murdered, with the same cryptic message but mentioning a different pioneer ancestor. A few days later there is another. And then another, and another ... FOR AND ON THE BEHALF OF WILLIAM H. DAME ... ISAAC HAIGHT ... JOHN M. HIGBY ... NEPHI JOHNSON ... Someone was systematically killing by vicarious execution the descended families of the perpetrators of the Mountain Meadows Massacre'--Jacket.
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