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Mexico cruises
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"Lit 223 litho in U. S. A. 970"--back cover, bottom. "Pomona travel agency... Pomona, Calif."--back cover, stamped, blue ink. "JAN 9 1971"--front cover, stamped, blue ink. Advertisement for two winter cruises to Mexico's West Coast ; including port descriptions, itineraries, shore excursion information, fares, accommodation descriptions, illustrated route map, and general information. Focus of item: Mariposa.
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The Browne Art Class
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One flyer entitled The Browne Art Class, Privincetown-on-Cape Cod, Mass., instruction by George Elmer Browne, N.A., Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1941. Below the instructor's name on the front is: "Season of 1941. June 30th to September 1st." This advertising/informational brochure for summer art classes is 8 pages in length, including front and back covers. It describes the types of classes offered and terms, among other things, and includes several black and white illustrations, most of which are reproductions of works by George Elmer Browne.
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[California letter sheets]
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Collection of California pictorial letter sheets, chiefly lithographic, depicting life in California during the Gold Rush. Illustrations include views and maps of San Francisco, Sacramento, towns in the mining regions, and current news events (fires, shipwrecks, earthquakes, hangings, etc.). Most have descriptive text, a few have text only. California artists, lithographers, publishers and engravers represented include: T. Armstrong, G.H. Baker, T.C. Boyd, H. Eastman, G.H. Goddard, C. Nahl, A. Rosenfield, Charles F. Robbins, Wm. B. Monmonier, J.W. Douglass, Cooke & Lecount, Edwin Glover, Britton & Rey, Pullard and Britton, Justh & Quirot.
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View of Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico
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Family photographs, albums, clippings and other items relating to the early life and career of photographer Carl Moon (1878-1948) and his wife, Grace Moon, who wrote a series of children's books revolving around Hopi and Navajo culture in the Southwest. There are several portraits of both of them and portraits of Moon family members. A photo/clipping album contains many scenes of their early home life in Pasadena, Ca., with their two children, along with clippings about their careers. There is one view of Grace Moon at El Tovar studio in the Grand Canyon. Another album details several generations of the Moon family in photographs dating from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. Ephemera includes a 1909 brochure for Hotel El Tovar at the Grand Canyon, and diaries and artwork by Carl Moon's family members.
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The Young Artist's Painting and Drawing Book
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One drawing/painting book, ca. 1915, entitled The Young Artist's Painting and Drawing Book, by F. I. Wetherbee, published by M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago. This book is comprised of 44 unnumbered pages of chromolithograph and outline illustrations for painting. The front cover is a chromolithograph of a seated child who is painting at an easel. "M.A. Donohue & Co., Chicago" is printed in the lower left-hand corner. The back cover illustration is of a girl on a low seat reading a book. "Directions for the Little Artist" are printed on the front pastedown, opposite the title page. A few descriptive lines are printed below the title: "Being a collection of the most artistic color schemes ever produced in an instructive painting book, teaching accuracy, harmony, beauty and color with pencil, paint and brush. Complete instructions for the little artist." Most, but not all, of the images appear in pairs, one colored and the other in outline form, for coloring. Some of the illustrations have been colored.
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Drawing and Painting Book
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One drawing/painting book, ca. 1910, entitled Drawing and Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., Springfield, Massachusetts. This book is 24 unnumbered pages in length, and contains illustrations for coloring. The front cover is a chromolithograph illustration of a girl reading a book while imaginary fairies and butterflies fly around her. "Made in U.S.A. McLoughlin Bros. Inc., Springfield, Mass." is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. The back cover is a chromolithograph image of a jar of paintbrushes and several jars of paint. The title page features an illustration of young Dutch children and descriptive text beneath the title: "A Drawing and Painting Book designed according to the best art methods of starting with simple design and color and progressing to more advanced subjects." Some of the illustrations are in pairs, with one printed in color and the other in outline form, which was meant for coloring. Included are images of people, buildings and animals. Some of the images have been colored with crayon or watercolor.
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