Manuscripts

Lunar reflection : poem

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Description: Typed copy of poem "Lunar Reflection," written by Armstrong and inspired by the Chinese Garden at the The Huntington in San Marino, California. Also a photograph of the bridge in the Chinese Garden and a booklet of poetry by Armstrong entitled "Winter Dreams," 1980.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1981.
Call number: mssHM 84202
Creator: Armstrong, Laurence E(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Laurence E. Armstrong, March 1982.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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[California] International Flower Show

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Images of landscaping and garden displays including one to two examples by several companies and garden clubs including R.W. Smith Co., Henry Soto Corp., Panorama City Garden Club, Cheviot Hills and Monte Mar Vista Garden Club, Erin Armstrong, Arthur Freed, and the American Begonia Society.

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"City of Dreams"

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4 items: 40-pp. booklet, Memories in the City of Dreams by Ed Ainsworth, "A tribute to Harry Chandler," 1959 ; complete (4-pp.) issue of Whizz Bang Times, 10/28/1930, a spoof of LAT featuring outrageous stories and humorous photos ; approx. 40-pp. manuscript headed "Prelude to a Memory," which appears to be all or part of the text of Memories in the City of Dreams (see above) - a lead article refers to "Arry Chanslor" (with gag photo of Harry Chandler) as having "returned from a six months' pleasure trip..." ; tear sheet from Among Ourselves, 7/1959, pp. 3 has story ("Olvera Street book salutes Harry Chandler" ) on Ainsworth booklet.

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Drum bridge and wisteria pergola in the Japanese garden, 1972

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View of the ponds of the Japanese garden, with the steeply sloping drum bridge in the center and the wisteria pergola on the east ridge of the garden canyon in the background. On verso: Staff photo by Margaret Stovall, 1972.

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Drum bridge in the Japanese garden, 1972

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View of the ponds of the Japanese garden, with the steeply sloping drum bridge on the right. On verso: Staff photo by Margaret Stovall, 1972.

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To wish you many happy returns of the day. Wyberslegh Hall ; Choosing a school : poems

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A booklet of two poems written for his grandfather John Henry Bradshaw-Isherwood (1841-1924) on his birthday. With decorated paper covers and a label: "J. Bradshaw-Isherwood August 27th 1918;" pages are sewn together, written and signed by Christopher Isherwood.

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Lunar reflection : poem

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