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 leaflet advertising the goods exhibited by Cox & Sons at the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; text in the form of a price list and a description of different types of wares is printed on the first and last pages of the pamphlet, including carpets, hangings, sermon cases, communion linen, and bronze, iron and glass goods; the inner two pages include images of light fixtures, furniture, stained glass panes, and other wares; a small slip with the agent's information is attached.
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Image of a broadside with text advertising the Philadelphia and Erie Railway.
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Image of a broadside with promotional text and timetable for the special train of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad running on July 4, 1876, to transport passengers from Corry, Pennsylvania, to the Grand Centennial Celebration in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Image of a landscape view of a military charge by United States soldiers across a field towards a Spanish fort in the distance with bombs exploding and soldiers lying dead and wounded in the field; date sheet for September 1-15, [1900], shows in San Francisco, California, attached; the poster advertises the reenactment produced by Henry J. Pain of the 1898 Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba.
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Image of five individual panels showing buildings for the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; panels are captioned and include the Art Gallery, Main Building, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall; pedestrians, people on horseback, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible in front of each building; length and width in feet and area in acres are provided for each structure in a table in the bottom left margin.
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The Jay T. Last collection of horticulture prints and ephemera contains approximately 1,425 printed items from 1840 to 1933, with the majority of material dating from 1865 to 1920. The collection consists of advertising prints and ephemera promoting businesses whose products and services relate to growing flowers, fruits, and vegetables. This includes the tools, equipment, and supplies used for planting and cultivating gardens, orchards, and lawns for commercial and noncommercial purposes by nurseries, florists, fruit growers, and home gardeners. Seed companies are most prominently represented. The collection has more than 50 large-size items comprised mainly of lithographs and engravings, including seed advertisements, decorative floral prints, and promotional materials related to fruit, vegetable, and floral products. Small-size items in the collection number almost 1,400 items and are comprised mainly of trade cards, stationery, handbills, and seed packets from various businesses. Approximately 285 ephemeral items featuring images of anthropomorphic fruit, vegetables, flowers, and other plants are also contained here, even though the products they promote do not always relate to horticulture.The collection's prints and ephemera are primarily promotional in nature and provide information about American fruit, vegetable, seed, and flower-related industries, as well as the evolution of advertising strategies employed by these businesses in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Materials in this collection also provide a perspective on American aesthetic sensibilities during this period, as many of these prints were offered as decorative items as well as advertisements. As graphic materials, the items offer evidence of printmaking techniques and trends, as well as information about the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.
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