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
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a group portrait of the Merced Concert Band in a park. The group consists of 19 men in dark suits and hats, with one man, presumably the conductor, wearing a long coat and a top hat. The instruments are arranged in front of the seated band members, and a small boy is standing next to one of the men in the back row.
mssLattaS, Box 111, Folder 5, Item 1
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a group portrait of the Merced Concert Band in a park. The group consists of 19 men in dark suits and hats, with one man, presumably the conductor, wearing a long coat and a top hat. Night of the men are standing, eight are sitting in chairs, and two are sitting on the ground. Each man is holding his instrument.
mssLattaS, Box 111, Folder 9, Item 1
Visual Materials
Image of a central head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian Charles Boyle surrounded by seven full-length portraits of Boyle dressed in a military-style marching band leader's costume with a baton and music stand impersonating the American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa; the poster advertises the farce comedy "The Star-Boarder."
priJLC_ENT_000252
Visual Materials
Image of thirty-five male military band members sitting on a stage holding musical instruments behind bandmaster Carl Clair who stands next to female musician Jessie Millar who stands on a pedestal labeled "Jessie Millar / Cornet Soloist"; with a small vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Clair at top center.
priJLC_ENT_001327
Visual Materials
Image of a seven-piece minstrel band with African American children, a conductor, and a drummer playing musical instruments outdoors with a sunset behind them.
priJLC_ENT_000481
Visual Materials
Image of a broadside with text advertising an April 27, 1854, concert of the Mendelssohn Society, a musical association, at Hotchkiss Hall in Waterbury, Connecticut; pasted sheets for "Thursday" and "27th," in the date cover the original printed text of "Tuesday" and "18th."
priJLC_ENT_002515