Manuscripts

Luke Swatland note on skin

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Description: Note written by Luke Swatland on cowhide, previously believed to be human skin. The note indicates it was written on the skin of a man scalped and killed by Indigenous peoples during a battle, and describes the death of other men and movement to Albany as a part of General John Sullivan's troops. The note is signed "Luke Swaatland of Wyoming. Sept. 13th 1779." Analysis performed by Dan Kirby Analytical Services in December 2015 concluded the note is written on cowhide.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1779.
Call number: mssHM 72607
Creator: Swatland, Luke(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.

Satin skin powder : satin skin cream

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Satin skin powder and skin cream sold by perfumer and manufacturer Albert F. Wood of Detroit, Michigan; bust-length portrait of smiling woman holding a fan at center; enlarged images of skin cream and powder packages at bottom center.

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Orderly book of Colonel Drury's regiment of Massachusetts militia, 1781, Oct. 1 - Nov. 27, West Point (N. Y.)

Manuscripts

A fragment of orderly book of Luke Drury's regiment of Massachusetts militia. Included are brigade, regimental, and garrison orders, and a weekly return for Oct. 11, 1781.

mssHM 740

Luke Gridley diary, 1757 Mar. 29-1758 Aug. 23

Manuscripts

The diary covers the period from Mar. 29 through Nov. 10 and includes accounts of the camp life, rumored attacks by Indians, martial punishments, and reports on the surrender of Fort William Henry. Also included is a record of a trip in Aug. 13-23, 1758, records entitled "An a Count of the men of each government" and "Small Pox," and a description of the route and mileage from Hartford to Fort Edward.

mssHM 59425

Saint Luke dedication. 1929

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of the dedication of St. Luke. The large crowd includes monks, priests, nuns, Knights of Columbus, and a bishop. Together with many lay-people they pose in front of the steel frame of a multistory building.

photCL 402 (40022)

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Big ten co-eds, preppy girls, and the lost cheerleaders

Rare Books

"Using a methodology that both parallels and gently ridicules the concept of stock photo agencies, New Catalogue (artists Luke Batten and Jonathan Sadler) has created a series of original editions that tap into popular culture while expanding on traditional photographic genres. This book, their first, examines elements of American iconography that are at once hilarious and vaguely unsettling: 'Big Ten Co-Eds with Ski Masks, ' 'Preppy Girls with BB Guns, ' and 'The Lost Cheerleaders'-- each of which hints at a subconscious desire for danger in a sterile suburban setting. With a degree of ambiguity, this work allows the images to be molded, contextualized, and ascribed narratives in hundreds of ways to suit the end-user or client (if one is to maintain the corporate analogy) who could be a journalist, advertiser or contemporary art collector"--Publisher's description.

653300

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Pasadena and Mount Lowe Railway Company earnings and expenses for the year 1901

Manuscripts

This earnings and expense report consists of a hand-written ledger sheet and four typewritten onion skin pages detailing earnings, expenses, receipts and disbursements, assets and liabilities and new construction and equipment. The statement also includes a summary of the year 1900.

mssHM 40188

Luke Swatland note on skin

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