Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The art of horse-shoeing
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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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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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Manuscripts
The collection constitutes the literary archive of New Mexico author N. Howard (Nathan Howard) "Jack" Thorp. It includes original manuscripts of Thorp's stories, as well as songs, correspondence, a diary, photographs and related publications.
mssThorp papers
Visual Materials
Image of two elevated views of the Phoenix Horse Shoe factories, one in Poughkeepsie, New York, showing factory buildings with smoke stacks, locomotives, and ships at the dock, and one in Joliet, Illinois, showing the factory buildings with smoke stacks and locomotives; framed with horseshoes.
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Visual Materials
A business card advertising the Horse Shoe Bar in Texas City, Texas on recto, and an advertisement for a laundress seeking work on verso. Text on recto reads, "'The largest bar in town,' Horse Shoe Bar: Bill & Tillie. No Filipinos or colored served. Taxi service day or night. Phone 173, Texas City, Texas." Recto also includes the emblem for the Galveston Allied Printing Trades Council Union Label in lower center. Text on verso reads, "August I. Mrs. Marshall, Laundress at home, 7 p.m. Work good. First class. Satisfaction guaranteed. Price $2.00."
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