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 the interior view under the East Nave of the Crystal Palace exhibition building for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York, New York, in 1853-1854; people walk through the galleries and admire the sculptures on display; 25 named directors and their offices are listed below image.
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Image of a stove in an advertisement for the Crystal Lake model manufactured by N.P. Richardson of Portland, Maine; clipping of newspaper illustration of the Duke of Wellington's funeral procession pasted on verso.
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Rare Books
"The greatest of all international expositions and world fairs is generally conceded to have been the incredible Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in London. Officially titled The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, it was held in a gigantic greenhouse-like building that covered almost 20 acres, used almost a million square feet of glass, and taxed the resources of a nation to erect. This was the Crystal Palace, one of the wonders of the 19th century, in which the nations of the civilized world exhibited their achievements in the arts and sciences. Almost as important as the exhibition itself was the Illustrated Catalogue printed by the Art-Journal in 1851. The semi-official record of the exposition and much the best publication about it, it circulated around the civilized world and brought the London of Queen Victoria (with the comparable high achievements of Paris, Berlin, Liège, New York) into the living milieu of countless designers and inventors. Richly illustrated, it displayed an entire universe of design: ceramics, textiles, cast-iron work, domestic furniture, cut glass, decorative hardware, chimneypieces, carpets, pianos, figureheads, lighting fixtures, statuary, terra-cotta work, razors, wall papers, stoves, carriages, weapons, sleighs, billiard tables, clocks, beehives, mosaics, silverware, and hundreds of other artifacts. A text accompanying more than 1500 illustrated items gives the illusion that you are on a walking tour of the Palace itself."--Back cover.
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Visual Materials
Image of an elevated landscape view of Crystal Lake near New Rochelle, New York, with trees, a boat, and mill in the foreground; the background contains village rooftops and trees to the left, and horses and people cutting ice on the frozen lake to the right.
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Image of a busy street intersection with the store front for Rose's Crystal Palace featured on the corner building; signs on the store read, "Produce taken in exchange," and "Dry goods & groceries," above the doors; several groups of people, including men, women, and children, are shown discussing the merits of the store with text bubbles showing their comments; horse-drawn carts and a covered wagon can be seen along the street.
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Visual Materials
Image of a large exhibition building made of iron and glass with a dome at center constructed for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City; a large crowd of people is gathered outside, including pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, and people on horseback; the directors, architects, and engineers for the project are listed in the lower margin.
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