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 livestock (horses, cows, and pigs) being shown at the Hunterdon County Fair in Flemington, New Jersey, outside the Horticultural Hall; Agriculture and Machinery buildings also visible; lower image of jockeys racing horses in two-wheeled carts in front of a grandstand full of spectators; text on poster indicates rates of admission, speed premiums, and various attractions.
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Visual Materials
Image of an elevated view of the ninth annual New England Fair at Lowell, Massachusetts in 1872; a train passes the fenced fairgrounds in foreground; horse races around a track, livestock, fairgoers, tents, and fair buildings visible on grounds; decorative border made up of columns; cherubs, and women with portraits of the men serving as N.E. Agricultural Society officers and local committee chairs in each corner; listing of N.E. Agricultural Society officers, local committees, and assistant marshals at bottom center.
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Visual Materials
Image of a collage of three images of a costumed male animal trainer in a circus ring with seals consisting of an image of four seals balancing balls while two of the seals ride on the backs of horses and one sits in a horse-drawn carriage, at right; an image of the trainer watching one seal complete a flip in a stop-motion-like view, at upper left; and an image of the trainer watching one seal balance a lamp on its nose while sitting on a ball while another seal balances a cross-shaped item on its nose, at lower left; small vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of P.T. Barnum and J.A. Bailey in upper left corner.
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Visual Materials
Image of an elevated landscape view of the Hampden Park Race Track in Springfield, Massachusetts, with a crowded scene of participants and spectators for the September 1883 Springfield Bicycle Club cycling tournament with ticket booth and a steam locomotive and railroad tracks in the foreground, and the race track with tents, cyclists on high-wheel bicycles circling a course, and a grandstand in the background; the Connecticut River with boats including a steamboat, and the surrounding hillsides are in the distance.
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Visual Materials
Image of a carnival scene with fair rides, games and food booths sponsored by various service clubs and church groups; the poster advertises the Fullerton Community Fair in Fullerton, California.
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