Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005 This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, which was donated to The Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.
Image of two hot-air balloon ascension acts each with the same female equestrian on horseback rising on a platform attached to a balloon; fireworks in background.
Image of a proof sheet of 24 album cards of leaf shapes from Prang's Natural History Series; issued in two sets of 12 cards; each card lists the common and botanical name for each kind of leaf along with the name of the specific plant illustrated.
Image of men and women in equestrian attire jumping a wooden fence with their horses at the Riviera Country Club in Santa Monica Canyon in Pacific Palisades, California.
This book presents reproductions of historic wallpapers that are currently available, with a short essay introducing popular patterns and technology preceding each section.
293 mounted specimens of algae, 4 to 8 per leaf, on 40 leaves. Each specimen is numbered to correspond with its printed description at the front. 2 pages of "Notices by the Press" at end.
Consists of:
Bibliography (17 leaves/pieces).
"The gaseous clouds of interstellar space," Henry Norris Russell Lecture. 1947 December (24 leaves/pieces with list of 48 slides)
"A short study in the analysis of light." Undated (10 leaves/pieces; pencil holograph)
Opening remarks/Astronomical Society of the Pacific Meeting. Undated (1 leaf/piece)
"Stellar radial-velocity programs of the Mount Wilson Observatory." Undated (1 leaf/piece)
Notes for annual report. Undated [1948]. (1 leaf/piece)
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