Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of a central image of five elephants playing horn instruments with female circus performers also playing horns while standing on the elephants' backs, with four vignettes of the elephants in various performances, captioned "Entirely New Elephant Performances," "The Gallant Pachyderms," "A Swiss Bell Quintet," and "The Grand Overture," and a small vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of elephant trainer Harry J. Mooney.
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Image of circular vignettes of head-and-shoulders portraits of German comedian George S. Knight and his wife, American burlesque performer Sophie Worrell Knight, surrounded by tree, leaf, and fence borders, and four vignettes of scenes with a top center image of an outdoors view of a couple and two men in the front yard of a house with a fountain captioned "Act. 1st"; a bottom left image of an outdoor view of a park with a couple and a man on the ground having just been hit by a woman captioned "Act. 2nd."; a bottom center image of three men in a warehouse captioned "Act 3rd."; and a bottom right image of individuals in a formal parlor captioned "Act. 4th."; the poster advertises the comedic drama "Otto, a German" by Fred Mardsen.
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Image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad routes of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and connecting lines centered and bordered with promotional text, lists of railway stations, and six landscape vignettes captioned "Fort Snelling, Minn."; Dells of the Wisconsin. - Inkstand & Sugar Bowl."; "Templar Rock, Lake Pepin."; Jaws of the Dells."; "The Maiden's Rock, on Lake Pepin." with an image of a Native American in a headdress in the foreground overlooking a railroad train and steamboats; and "Vizor Ledge, east of Standing Rock."; map verso contains panels with promotional text, timetables, a "Map of the Business Districts of Chicago" and two vignettes on the fold-up map cover captioned, "Dells of the Wisconsin. - Lone Rock from Below." and "Dells of Wisconsin. - Inkstand and Sugar Bowl."
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Image of an eight-page theatrical courier including the front cover with a bust statue of American playwright and actor Edward Harrigan being pointed to by a caricature of Martin W. Hanley who stands nearby with a globe; a back cover page with an image presumably of Irish-American character Peter McSorley talking to his wife, portrayed by a female impersonator, in her grocery stall at Washington Market with watermelons and chickens in the background; a page with the lyrics of songs from the play including some written by Dave Braham; a page with the show's program; a page with three vignettes of an African American military regiment marching through the streets captioned "Charleston Blues," a six-piece band playing in the street with the sign "Salvation Army," and two women arguing in a grocery store captioned "Washington Market"; a page with seven vignettes of character portraits of a man at different ages including as a baby, child, soldier, and old man titled "The Seven Ages in 'As You Like It' by William Shakespeare"; a page with short humorous articles as well as statistics of the "Population of States and Territories in 1880"; a page with two vignettes of a crowd of dancing white men and women and black men captioned "McNally's Row of Flats," and a street scene with a grocer arguing with a man while a woman looks on and a Chinese immigrant falls out of a window while holding a trombone, and an African American man carries a bundle of laundry into a store with storefront signs for the "Coroner's Office" and "Hung Lung Laundry" behind and the caption "Chinese Must Go"; the courier advertises the musical comedy "McSorley's Inflation" written by Edward Harrigan.
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Image of twelve vignettes depicting scenes from life in Confederate military prisons for Union prisoners during the American Civil War, including soldiers near tents, hospitals, a workhouse, prisoners playing musical instruments, and receiving mail; captions below each image.
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Image of a central image of minstrel musicians in blackface dressed in formal suits sitting on a stage and holding musical instruments and surrounded by top and bottom vignettes of male and female minstrels dancing and performing skits in costumes; with three caricatures of performers at top of image.
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