Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the Louis Prang archive was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Image of an advertisement for The Weed Family Favorite sewing machine with image of a family at home; the husband reads a newspaper while the wife sews on a machine and the daughter looks on over the edge of the sewing machine table.
Image of an advertisement for the May 1900 issue of The Century magazine featuring a family of raccoons in a forest at night near the edge of a lake or stream.
Image of two tigers being forced over the edge of a jungle cliff by two hunters in an advertisement for Dr. D. Jayne's Alterative remedy; one man holds the trunk of a palm to avoid falling while the other swings the barrel of his rifle at the tiger who has not yet fallen completely over the edge.