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San Marino, CA 91108
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The family of the Seisers : a satirical tale of the city of New-York
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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
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Rare Books
A collection of over 5,000 color postcards, prints, and print proofs of American views produced by the Detroit Publishing Company approximately 1898 to the late 1920s. The company's distinctive postcards were made using their exclusive "Photochrom" process that combined photographic negatives and color lithography to create the look of early color photographs. This collection was assembled by a printing foreman for the company and includes several trial press runs and print proof sheets with the printing register marks on the edges. There are 51 oversize color prints, also created using the photo-lithographic process, including one sheet with 24 postcard-size views. Also included are 105 photographs, mostly of the American West, attributed to William Henry Jackson, with some bearing his credit. A few photographs have printed captions like those that appear on postcards. The Detroit Publishing Company was noted for the breadth of topics, people, activity, and industry depicted in their postcards, chronicling American life shortly before and after the turn of the 20th century. In addition to extensive scenes from 42 U.S. states and a few foreign countries, imagery depicts topics such as farming, museums, World War I, naval ships, and cowboys. There are also several postcards of African Americans, some depicting racist stereotypes and containing racist captions.
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Image of an eye-level cityscape view of New York City with people on the waterfront and ships in the foreground, in a shield motif, vignettes of the seal of New York, ship's cargo, and navigational equipment.
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The Jonathan D. Bulkley collection of illustrated billheads and letterheads contains about 36,000 billheads, letterheads, flyers, and other ephemera relating to commerce and industry in the United States from 1758 to 1952, with the bulk of the items dating from 1840 to 1910. While most of the items document products or services manufactured by American companies, countries such as Cuba, France, Great Britain, Germany, and Mexico are represented as well. Imagery and text on the materials pertain to the history of production, finance, consumerism, and advertising. Many of the items include graphic logos, decorative images of views of storefronts and factories, and detailed representations of the various products manufactured for sale. Typography on the materials also include visual motifs of varying text styles and printing techniques. The collection contains items that are both engraved, as well as lithographed. Some of the recurrent printers and lithographers of items in the collection include: Baldwin & Gleason Co.; Geo. D. Barnard & Co.; Britton & Rey; J.H. Bufford's Sons; Calvert Lithography Co.; Clay & Richmond; Cosack & Company; H.S. Crocker & Co.; George F. Frauenberger; Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing Co.; A. Gast & Co.; Gies & Co.; Gillies Lithographing and Printing Co.; Heinecke-Fiegel Lithographing Co.; Henderson Lithographing Co.; A. Hoen & Co.; Krebs Lithographing Co.; Charles Magnus & Co.; Mayer & Merkel; W.J. Morgan & Co.; J. Ottmann Lithographing Co.; Henry Seibert & Brothers; Sage, Sons & Co.; and Sarony, Major & Knapp.
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