Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
St. Nicholas : an illustrated magazine for young folks
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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 an advertisement for St. Nicholas magazine Christmas 1896 issue featuring advertising text with a wide decorative border of holly, bound books, and multiple copies of St. Nicholas magazine.
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Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for St. Nicholas Magazine November issue; a large school chalk board slate held to a book with a belt illustrates scenes from the issue, including newsboys, a male Chinese figure standing over a boy with a lamp, a West Point soldier, a naughty boy with his ear being pinched, and three young women wearing mortarboard caps and gowns.
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Visual Materials
The Jay T. Last collection of artist posters contains over 370 printed works spanning over eighty years, from 1883-1964. The bulk of the materials date from 1890 to 1900 and advertise American literary books and periodicals. Bicycles, household goods, and other products are also advertised. Notable artists represented in the collection include Will Bradley, Maynard Dixon, J. J. Gould, Edward Penfield, Ethel Reed, and Louis Rhead. Subjects addressed within the collection include international art styles (such as Art Nouveau), fashion, graphic design, publishing, book and literary journal publication, product advertising, and the intersections between them, especially during the last decade of the 19th century.
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Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for St. Nicholas magazine Christmas Number 1896 featuring an illustration of Saint Nicholas driving an automobile loaded with toys, St. Nicholas magazines, and a Christmas tree down a snowy hillside; city skyline in background at right.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of the papers of Frederic E. Lockley (1824-1905) and his son, Fred Lockley (1871-1958).
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