Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of C.R. Klein of Santa Monica aiming a swordfish gun on a tripod in Santa Monica, California. The Deauville Club and the Georgian Hotel can be seen in the distance on the coast at left and the La Monica ballroom on the Santa Monica Pier can be seen at right.
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Rare Books
"How to Make a Bomb is an artwork by Gabriella Hirst, a durational gardening project initiated in 2016, examining the structural connections between horticulture, state power, and nuclear colonialism. The project centres on a rare species of garden rose, the Rosa floribunda 'Atom Bomb', which was developed by German rose breeder Reimer Kordes in 1953 during the height of post-war nuclear fervour. Through processes of grafting and taking cuttings, How to Make a Bomb sees artist Gabriella Hirst propagate new specimens of this rose from one of the few remaining plants of the original species, and teaches others how to do the same through "How to Make a Bomb" public workshops and printed manuals. ... The artist book How to Make a Bomb (2023) was produced by Passenger Pigeon Press especially for the newest chapter of the How to Make a Bomb project, which saw Atomic Terrain importing the Rosa floribunda 'Atom Bomb' into a USA context. The Passenger Pigeon Press How to Make a Bomb pamphlet was designed by Tammy Nguyen, features an essay by Lovely Umayam, as well as an instructive rose-guide by Gabriella Hirst, and official documents amassed during the USA Atom Bomb rose importation process. The pamphlet was produced by Holly Greene, Daniella Porras, Jane Lillard, and Chance Lockard. How to Make a Bomb was produced using silkscreen printing, full-color photocopy, and single-copy photocopy"--From Passenger Pigeon Press website.
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Visual Materials
Image of German weightlifter Henry Steinborn flexing his muscles in a swimsuit on the beach in Santa Monica, California.
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Image of German weightlifter Henry Steinborn flexing his muscles in a swimsuit on the beach in Santa Monica, California.
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Image of musicians riding on a horse-drawn wagon with signs advertising a land auction for the Ocean Spray Tract of developer H. L. Jones in Santa Monica, California. Banners on the horses read "Ho! for Santa Monica Grand Excursion and Auction Sale Wed. Aug. 24. Two special trains leave Com. St. Dep. 9 am round trip 5 cents" and "Jones' Ocean Spray tract" on the wagon.
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Image of a group of people standing next to a race car labeled no. 18 parked on the side of the road in Santa Monica, California. A sign that reads "Stearns-Knight parking" is seen at left, and there are railroad tracks along the road.
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