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 the allegorical woman figure Eureka with bear, spear, and cornucopia at the top center of a diploma certificate from Salinas City High School issued in 1889 to Elmer P. Alexander; elaborate oval border with interior library and exterior building views, "Lux mentis scientia" motto, and sun breaking through clouds.
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Image of children ascending the steps of the allegorical "Hill of Science" encouraged by a female teacher at the center of a diploma issued to Mary Elizabeth Curtis in 1848; elaborate border with flowers, telescope, boy, girl, animals, and other images.
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Image of a group of allegorical women holding various symbolic items (laurel wreaths, hand scythe, hammer, sextant) at the top of a diploma from Pulaski Academy issued in 1871.
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Image of an allegorical seated woman offering a male graduate a laurel wreath near farmers and other tradesmen and women at the top of a diploma from Worthington & Warner's Commercial College of Concord, New Hampshire, issued in 1865.
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Image of a series of vignettes advocating temperance; scenes illustrating the adverse effects of alcohol and tobacco are contrasted with scenes showing the benefits of a life without; train at center labeled "Gin Fiend" heads toward "Tobacco Land" with demons around it and the devil beckoning from a hole in the ground, torch in hand; images of angels interspersed throughout; allegorical women at left and right symbolizing "Truth" and "Temperance."
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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.
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