Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for Annear's blacking; caricature of an angry older man swinging a cane at chickens pecking at his shiny black boots while an African American slave man runs and drops a boot at left, saying "Oh! Massa! Massa! Dat's de blacking. Dem dere chicks will catch me next."
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Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for Betun de Monterey shoe polish; woman in an apron behind a counter admires her reflection in the shine from a boot she has just shined with polish and a brush; circular decorative frame with gold medals from the Monterey Industrial Exposition of 1888, held in Monterey, Mexico.
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Visual Materials
Image of a variety of shoe, boot, and gaiter styles for men and women with name and number key text below each shoe style; vignettes to the left and right portray a woman seated in an armchair being helped into her button boots by a lady's maid, and a seated man putting on shoes with the help of an African American servant; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront at center of print advertising "leather & findings boot & shoe uppers."
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Visual Materials
Image of a horse-drawn vehicle in the shape of a very large boot full to the top of various styles of shoes and boots; vehicle is being driven by a man with a top hat and a very large whip and pulled by two horses.
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Manuscripts
Two letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Ethel Mason. Also in this folder is a photocopy of Mason's pay check stub that she attached to her letter.
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Visual Materials
Includes an exterior view of Mason's studio in Fort Worth, with Mason pictured; two houses (exteriors and unfurnished interiors);portraits of an unidentified woman; and views of a landscape.
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