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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Captivité De La Lafayette
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
The B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and Photographs consists of 804 4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in. glass plate negatives, 1782 film negatives (including stereo negatives), 2302 black and white photographs (including stereos, postcards, and photograph albums), and related manuscript and ephemeral materials, 1903-1950s (bulk 1920s-1930s), that provide a visual history of the growth of many of the San Gabriel Valley's suburban communities, a survey of many of California's (and the western United States') notable landscapes, and an overview of Jackson's career as a landscape and scenic view photographer.
photCL 332
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Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed. Regarding French politics. (2 pages and addressed cover)
mssShapiro
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Manuscripts
A collection of 78 items from 1779 to 1835; it contains miscellaneous correspondence and papers, in French and English, dealing with Lafayette's family, property, military and political career, particularly his imprisonment by the Austrians and his visit to the United States in 1824 to 1825. Included are individual letters dealing with his command in the American Revolution and his role in the French Revolution. The collection holds 37 letters written by Lafayette; other correspondents include, among others, Erick Bollman; Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de Lafayette; Georges Washington Lafayette; and Auguste Adolphe Frederick de Hennings.
mssLafayette
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a group portrait of about 40 members of the Lafayette Lodge No. 65 of La Grange, a branch of the Odd Fellows, taken in a field with trees in the background. The men are wearing ceremonial vestments over their suits, and four men are mounted on horses. A man in the center is holding the lodge's standard and is flanked by two boys in white suits holding strings to steady the banner.
mssLattaS, Box 113, Folder 6, Item 1