Manuscripts
Butterfly watercolor album
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Alice Newcomb's Butterfly Art Studio interior, 609 East Green, Pasadena. 1932
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Interior of Alice Newcomb's Butterfly Art Studio at 609 East Green. A woman stands behind a glass display case filled with jewelry and trinkets. On the shelves behind her there are plates, framed images, and candle sticks. Most of the merchandise is decorated with butterfly images.
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Father Tuck's Butterfly Painting Book
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One painting book entitled Father Tuck's Butterfly Painting Book, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., ca. 1910. The front cover features six butterflies against a blue sky; the lower left corner bears the series title "Father Tuck's Little Artists' Series." The back cover features the company's trademark and "No. 3093" in the lower left-hand corner. The book has 12 pages of butterfly and moth images, some in outline, some in color. The pages are perforated to allow easy removal from the book. Many of the outline images have been painted in using watercolor.
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Album of Japanese zoological drawings
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Brush and ink drawings, with watercolor, of a variety of Japanese fauna (approximately 70 drawings). Individual images on laid paper cut out and pasted onto Japanese paper. Several of the images have contemporary notes of zoological information such as species names, size, where caught, habits, and comments about when and where drawn. The animals include fish and crustaceans, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, owls, and insects. Several are dated 1804 and 1807.
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English Opera Co. : Madam Butterfly
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Collection of American cartoons, drawings and watercolors
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