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Amerika fujin

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Description: Japanese description of American woman and two boys. Illustrated handbill probably published in the late Edo period (approximately 1846 to 1868). Divided into three sections, the most prominent depicts an American woman with accompanying text, the other two sections an object which appears to be a fountain and the lower section two American boys. Japanese interest in America and its people was heightened following the arrival of Biddle in 1846 and later Perry in 1853, although accurate information was difficult to obtain. The text which accompanies the image of the American woman describes her in translation as "the most beautiful woman in the west. Her name is 'Akirisanteru' and she is nineteen years old." The image of the two American boys is described: "The older boy is twelve years old and holds a heavy vase made of iron. The younger boy is four years old and holds a racket." The object in the upper left is named as a "Konstapontein" and may be a scientific instrument rather than a fountain.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [between 1846 and 1868]

Tufts' Arctic Soda Water: the fountain of youth

Visual Materials

Image of an outdoor scene of a tropical oasis with caricatures of several poor and sick men and women arriving to partake of Tuft's Arctic Soda Water at a large wooden bar and soda fountain; specific caricatures include a costumed monkey waiter serving a man in a hammock, a wounded soldier on crutches, an elderly woman pushing an old man in a wheelbarrow, an African-American woman, a hobo holding a carpetbag, and a bartender wearing a red vest and boater hat; a beach shore is visible in the background with recuperated individuals, palm trees, shrubs, and a sailboat and a small canoe.

priJLC_BEV_001856

Tufts' Arctic Soda Water: the fountain of youth

Visual Materials

Image of an outdoor scene of a tropical oasis with caricatures of several poor and sick men and women arriving to partake of Tufts' Arctic Soda Water at a large wooden bar and soda fountain; specific caricatures include a costumed monkey waiter serving a man in a hammock, a wounded soldier on crutches, an elderly woman pushing an old man in a wheelbarrow, an African-American woman, a hobo holding a carpetbag, and a bartender wearing a red vest and boater hat; a beach shore is visible in the background with recuperated individuals, palm trees, shrubs, and a sailboat and a small canoe.

priJLC_BEV_003522

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Grace Burke Hubble and Ida Crotty notes

Manuscripts

These are notes compiled by Grace Hubble, Ida Crotty, and others, were attempts at telepathic communication. A person would take an object such as a piece of jewelry, a photograph, or a pebble, and describe what they felt about that item. For example, on the evening of July 28, 1959, the third object selected were two fishing rods in an aluminum case. A woman named Maria ----- describes "Somebody holding something between the hands, an Indian sitting on the ground, -something stretched between two hands. An owl, -I see its big eyes, big beak." These notes span from 1959 through 1967.

mssHubbleNotes

Children in front of Amsterdam School, Amsterdam, Merced County

Manuscripts

Glass plate with a group portrait of school children in front of the one room Amsterdam School in Merced County. There are five young boys and two older boys, five young girls, two older girl, and one young woman who may be the teacher(?).

mssLattaS, Box 84, Folder 30, Item 2

Children in front of Hopeton School, Hopeton, Merced County

Manuscripts

Glass plate with a group portrait of school children in front of the one room Hopeton School in Merced County. There are six young boys and one older boy, two young girls, one older girl, and one young woman who may be the teacher(?), standing in two rows. Two boys in the front row are not wearing shoes. There is a wide porch in front of the school with a dog lying next to the building on the left.

mssLattaS, Box 84, Folder 30, Item 1

[Two proofs of classical women with cherubs]

Visual Materials

Image of a proof sheet for two cards featuring women in outdoors Classical dress with cherubs; cherub with a lyre near a sleeping woman at left; two women bathing cherubs in a fountain and hanging them up with ribbon in a tree to dry.

priJLC_PRG_002147

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