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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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A collection of four chapbooks and seventeen chapbook covers dating from approximately the 1890s to the 1910s with artwork illustrated by Mexican lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913). The materials were all printed for various publications produced by Mexican editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (1852-1917). Three of the four chapbooks are part of the same series and are titled: Galería Infantil del Teatro Los Novios; Galería Infantil del Teatro la Almoneda del Diablo; Galería del Teatro Infa[n]til Colección De Comedias para Niños ó Títeres Los Gendarmes. The three chapbooks in this series are printed in black ink on buff paper and include illustrated covers. The fourth chapbook is from the "Nueva Colección de Cuentos Patrioticos" series and is titled "La Gorra del Cuartel." The booklet includes hand-colored details of printed images throughout the interior pages. The chapbook covers in the collection are printed either in black ink or black-and-red ink on various colored papers. Images include satirical and traditional representations of Mexican plays, historical retellings, and comedic stories.
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A collection of four chapbooks and seventeen chapbook covers dating from approximately the 1890s to the 1910s with artwork illustrated by Mexican lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913). The materials were all printed for various publications produced by Mexican editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (1852-1917). Three of the four chapbooks are part of the same series and are titled: Galería Infantil del Teatro Los Novios; Galería Infantil del Teatro la Almoneda del Diablo; Galería del Teatro Infa[n]til Colección De Comedias para Niños ó Títeres Los Gendarmes. The three chapbooks in this series are printed in black ink on buff paper and include illustrated covers. The fourth chapbook is from the "Nueva Colección de Cuentos Patrioticos" series and is titled "La Gorra del Cuartel." The booklet includes hand-colored details of printed images throughout the interior pages. The chapbook covers in the collection are printed either in black ink or black-and-red ink on various colored papers. Images include satirical and traditional representations of Mexican plays, historical retellings, and comedic stories.
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One book, copyright 1942, entitled Art Education Alert: Aids America to Meet Wartime Needs, published by the Pratt Institute, New York. This booklet is 48 pages in length, and contains black and white illustrations. The front cover is decorated in bold blue and red graphics, with the phrase "Four Freedoms: religion, want, speech, fear" along the left-hand side. The insides of the front and back covers are illustrated with a black and white visual representation of the wartime program for art. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is quoted on the title page. He cites the school as a significant factor in preserving American government. The introduction makes clear the way art can be instrumental for this purpose: "Art today is selling the prosecution of the war to our people: it is selling the need for conservation, for enlisting in the services, for stamping out rumor, for cooperating with civilian agencies, for financially supporting the government and the Red Cross." The book is organized according to age level-appropriate activities. "Introduction, A Plan for Art Education; The Elementary School Level; The Junior High Level; The Senior High Level; The Adult Education Level; The Supplement; Art in the War Today; Materials, Sources." "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. at the top of the front cover.
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One package of transferring paper entitled Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper, manufactured by the Eastern Distributing Corp., Malden, Massachusetts, copyright 1972. This is a sealed package of transfer paper: "Large supply of extra sheets both giant size and standard size"; "3.5 ozs." is printed on the bottom of the back of the package. The cover of the package is illustrated and printed in red and blue against a white background. Printed on the back of the package are directions and suggestions for use.
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One boxed set of modeling clay entitled Amaco Modeling Clay, Set 1W, manufactured by the American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, ca. 1935. This set consists of 6 bricks of colored clay wrapped in tissue paper, and housed within a paperboard box. The box lid is illustrated with a color image of two children creating animals by using AMACO modeling clay. Illustrated instructions are printed on the underside of the lid. The clay colors within this box iinclude red, gray, yellow, gray, green, and brown. A small wooden modeling stick is also present.
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One painting book, ca. 1885?, entitled Exercises in Coloring, VI., publisher unknown. This book is comprised of 12 plates of etchings. The front cover is illustrated with a scene of children who are reading or playing. The title is below the image, within a decorative scroll. The covers are printed on green paper; the back cover is not illustrated. There are 6 sets of images, with two images per set. One of the images is printed in color, the other is intended for coloring. None of the images are signed; there is no date or publisher's information within the book.
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