Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Presents America's contemporary and historic slang words and phrases, with brief definitions and usage examples.
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Child's humorous alphabet book by G.F. Godfrey. Each page is devoted to one letter of the alphabet, with W,X, and Y sharing a page. Each letter is accompanied by words, phrases, and illustrations. An Oct. 7, 1882 review in The Critic (v. 2, no. 46, p. 270) notes that although readers of all ages will be "vastly amused," the book is "unfortunately...marred by a touch of vulgarity."
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Manuscripts
Approx. 90 items: letters, memos, clips, and material related to correspondence with readers with names starting with R. Includes a wide range of subjects: pitches for (amateurish) comic strips ; complaints about allegedly left-leaning columnists ; letter from an activist inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary (7/14/1980) ; letter (9/1/2/1978) from LAT Archivist Lois Markwith mentioning that "most of Harry Chandler's correspondence was destroyed after his death" ; more.
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Attached tape measure used for locating streets by using attached directory. Alt title from cover. Enlosed pamphlet: "An alphabetical list of 7,000 streets to accompany the indicator map of London ... Also, a visitor's guide to the public buildings, theatres, and places of amusement in London and the environs, with a complete list of railway stations." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Approx. 12 items: LAT clips and promotional materials--booklets, brochures, annual reports, charts, maps--all boosting tourism in Southern California. Notable items: booklet (in Spanish), "Revista Grafica - Condado de Los Angeles..." 1945 - inside is a sheaf of stapled papers with an English translation of the Spanish & Portugese material ; booklet w/ map, "Official All-Year Club Sight-seeing Map - Southern California," 1956 ; brochure, "15 Guide-Yourself Trips by Public Transportation," 1956.
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Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for the comic opera “Our College Boys; or, the medical students on a lark” from 1881; a professor and two women with bells of horseback lead a parade procession of medical students in robes and mortarboard caps carrying hand bells through the streets as well as banners that read, "The great English sensation," "The medical students," and "Our college boys" as throngs of people look on from the roadside and from buildings nearby.
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