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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 Sergeant William Jasper replacing the recovered flag shot down by the British at the Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War; soldiers are pictured loading and firing cannons at British ships advancing through Charles Towne Harbor in an attempt to capture Charleston, South Carolina.
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Image of Union ships firing on Confederate forts near Charleston, South Carolina, during the American Civil War; plumes of smoke rise above explosions as ships are hit in the crossfire.
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Image of the Union fleet bombarding two Confederate forts (Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark) in North Carolina during the American Civil War; ten vessels are visible; captions in bottom margin name all vessels.
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This map must have been issued shortly after Fort Sumter was fired on in April, 1861. A patriotic appeal to save the Union. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by L. Prang & Co. in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts. By W. A. Waiiliams, Civil Engineer, 25 Merchants Row, Boston." Vignettes: Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Major Anderson. MS note: 3.00 (T62). Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 150227.
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Image of Confederate soldiers charging up a hill attacking a Union fort at the Battle of Fort Sanders in Knoxville, Tennessee, during the American Civil War; dead and wounded men visible on the ground.
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Image of the American Civil War naval Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864; Union forces under the command of Admiral David G. Farragut face off against Confederate ships and forts amidst explosions and smoke.
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