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Journal of a trip through New York, Pennsylvania, New England, and Canada
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Manuscripts
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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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Manuscripts
An illustrated journal documenting an automobile trip, in a 1918 Ford, from Massachusetts to Montana and back, in the summer of 1927, made by four individuals who appear to have been members of the same family. It is entitled "Big Chief and Yma go atrailing with nineteen eighteen. Dedicated to the friends who could not go." They met numerous other motor travelers during their trip and wrote extensively about their destinations including Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, Montana, and Canada. The writer includes pointed comments about landscapes, roads, communities, and social life and customs throughout the fifteen American states and Canadian provinces the travelers visited. The author or authors are unidentified, though they refer to themselves as "Big Chief," "Yma," Mother," and "Cal." They mention in detail a visit to the Menomonie Reservation, Niagara Falls, and a meeting with photographer L.A. Huffman. The author(s) make negatives comments about people speaking Russian in the Midwest. The volume contains 11 photographs and appears to be homemade.
mssHM 84081
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Rare Books
335990
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Rare Books
624142
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Manuscripts
This unsigned journal, attributed to Benjamin Baxter, describes a journey from New York to California via Panama, as well as his experiences in the California gold mines and his voyage back home. Dated March 25 through September 22, 1850. Many pages damaged.
mssHM 19823
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Manuscripts
This journal entitled "The Log of the Dodge," documents an automobile trip by an unidentified party of individuals taken during the summer of 1926. The group started their journey in Brea, California, in June and traveled to Washington, DC. They then traveled up the Atlantic coast to New York and Niagara Falls and back to Brea. The diary provides detailed descriptions of various tourist destinations, the repairs on the automobile, and the cost, mileage covered, money spent on meals and supplies, and comments on people and landscapes. The journal is written in two notebooks.
mssHM 83971
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Visual Materials
Kashnor notes, "A fine copy of a very rare and important map. The inset map of New England is particularly interesting. In New Jersey it shows the Township of Bethlem opposite Philadelphia, laid out by Jame Wasse, who also laid out the township of Antioch." Kashnor dates as [1684]. Note with map identifies this as state (c) and dates as [?1685]. Cartouche: Indians, animals. Submap: Mapp of New England. Royal coats of arms.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 105/817.
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