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 commemorative version of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of May 20th, 1775; two allegorical women figures at top center; bust-length portrait of man with mustache at center surrounded by text of the declaration resolutions on banners; image of the Capitol building of Charlotte, North Carolina, at bottom center flanked by printed signatures of the declaration supporters; ornate decorative border with Union shields and American flags inset at corners.
priJLC_POL_002660
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Image of a blank diploma from Eastman's State and National Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York; five main vignettes and decorative borders featuring mythical and allegorical figures, eagles, and a portrait of founder Harvey G. Eastman surround the central text.
priJLC_EDU_001931
Image not available
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Image of nine young men's portraits around Chinese characters; radiant sun flags and dragons form decorative borders at left and right.
ephJLC_CIT_000450
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Image of an American bald eagle with flags, Union shield, and farming implements in a field on a certificate issued by the Highland Agricultural Society of Pennsylvania; vignettes of farming and agriculture scenes, including a smithy, woman spinning at a wheel, horses, livestock, and grain harvest surround the certificate text; Highland Agricultural Society seal at bottom left.
priJLC_AGR_001800
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"HAPAG"--text in shield upper right corner; HAPAG is the abbreviation for the original German name for the company, Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. "R. Schmidt - Hamburg"--artist's signature reproduced in image, lower edge, center. "Printed in Germany by J.C. König & Ebhardt, Hannover"--text below image, lower left corner, margin. This may have been the backing for a small calendar, there is a string through the top for hanging on a wall and two parallel slits in the lower center of the print. Focus of item: Albert Ballin.
priJHK 00036
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Image of a military certificate honoring Nicholas Selkirk recording his tour of duty with the 6th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry regiment during the American Civil War; account of his duty handwritten in ink at the center of a shield decorated by patriotic and military emblems and medals; American bald eagle on Union shield, American flags, laurel and oak branches surround shield.
priJLC_MIL_000827