Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The amazin' raisin : California raisin baked foods round-up : formulas prepared for California Raisin Advisory Board
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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
View of Chinese farm laborers drying raisins in a field in California.
photCL 555
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Manuscripts
Correspondence, clippings, press releases, meeting minutes, rosters, and other materials related to Thomas Shigekuni's tenure as a board member. Issues of the time included pesticide use and local farmers' markets.
mssShigekuni
Visual Materials
Image of a central image of a bucking horse that has thrown its rider who lays injured on the ground, with the caption "Death defying Wild Horse Riding," surrounded by four vignettes of cowboys with fringed chaps, cowboy hats, and a lasso trying to ride rodeo animals with the captions "Steer Riding," "Roping," "Bronco Busting," and Bull Dogging," with an image of a saddle decorating a monogram of the initials D&H at bottom center; the poster advertises the film "California Rodeo" produced by Duhem and Harter of the California Rodeo of 1913 held in Salinas, California.
priJLC_ENT_001379
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Manuscripts
Number of pieces: 2
mssLake papers
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Manuscripts
The collection contains 69 items. There are three manuscripts, including an essay about horticulturist Theodore Payne and a poem read before the Illinois Association of Los Angeles, California. The 40 items in the correspondence section are arranged by author. Most of the correspondence is composed of replies to Ernest Braunton's inquiries regarding various horticultural statistic and facts. Other letters, including those from Walter Raymond, are in regard to the operation and dissolution of the Southern California Horticultural Society. The 26 items in the ephemera section are arranged alphabetically by type. The majority of the ephemera are records and documents of the Southern California Horticultural Society. There is also a pamphlet on Point Lomos, California. Subjects in the collection include: history of agriculture in California; Horticulturalists of California; and history of horticulture in California.
mssBraunton papers
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Manuscripts
Agenda, By-laws, Correspondence, Membership, Minutes, Report
mssHawkinspapers