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
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Visual Materials
Printer: J.M. Elliott, Printer With woodcut image of the conjoined Siamese twins Eng Bunker and Chang Bunker as young men
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Rare Books
"Chang and Eng Bunker were the Siamese twins for whom the term was coined, one of the nineteenth century's most fabled human oddities. Now Darin Strauss has rescued the twins from the sideshow of history, drawing from their extraordinary conjoined lives a first novel of exceptional beauty."--Jacket.
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Image of a full-length group portrait of show proprietors Milt G. Barlow, Geo. Wilson, G. H. Primrose and W. H. West, with the signature of each man printed below his image, standing around a fishbowl in a parlor with floor-length curtains framing the scene; a bald eagle with spread wings holds a "WBPW" monogram and a medal labeled "The People's Choice" from its beak, at top center.
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Image of a parlor with a young woman, portraying the character Laura Courtland, in a formal dress sitting in a chair holding an open book while a man, the character Ray Trafford, in a tuxedo stands behind, with a table, framed picture, vase and flowers, and curtains in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Under the Gaslight" by Augustin Daly.
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Image of a young woman holding curtains together while gesturing to an amputee with one arm to be quiet in a parlor, with an upper right vignette of the woman sitting on the floor before an armchair with a strewn pile of love letters before her; the poster advertises the Civil War historical drama "Held By the Enemy" written by William Gillette.
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Image of a knight chess piece in the shape of a horse head against a black and red chess board; orange with blossoms at lower right.
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