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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
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Visual Materials
The Jay T. Last collection of sports and leisure prints and ephemera contains about 1,770 printed materials related to the history and advertising of athletics, recreational activities, pyrotechnics, gambling, and games in the United States. The materials date from approximately 1758 to approximately 1938, although the bulk of the items date from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. The collection consists of about 67 large-sized items, and over 1,000 smaller-sized items, including paper dolls, playing cards, trade cards, puzzle cards, dime novels, and promotional billheads and letterheads. Images on the materials range from scenes of indoor pastimes such as billiard and board games, to outdoor sports and activities like roller skating and horse racing. Some materials also include advertisements for fireworks and other pyrotechnic products, largely promoted for Fourth of July celebrations. The collection also consists of many broadsides announcing lottery and charity drawings that took place in Delaware, Maryland, Louisiana, Wyoming, Kansas, and other parts of the United States. Many of the drawings were organized by reputed swindlers at the time, like J.M. (James Monroe) Pattee and L.D. Sine. Some of the drawings organized by the Louisiana State Lottery Company were also officiated by former Confederate generals G. T. (Gustave Toutant) Beauregard and Jubal Anderson Early. In addition to sport materials, this collection also consists of items relating to toys and novelties. Items range from paper cut-out templates, to playing cards, holiday toy listings by retailers, and toy advertisements by manufacturers such as the Milton Bradley Company and the McLoughlin Bros. A significant portion of this collection includes paper dolls with fashion accessories, published either as promotional product advertisements by companies, as art supplements by newspapers, or as toys retailed to consumers.
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Image of a broadside listing information about a charity drawing organized by J.M. Pattee taking place on April 29, 1875 in Laramie City, Wyoming. Information about the charity event is printed on both sides of the broadside and there are three columns of text on each side. Prizes for the lottery total up to $350,000. Columns surrounding the print include promotional information about Pattee, testimonials, endorsements, and information about the humanitarian intent of the drawing. Verso includes more promotional statements about the charity drawing, lists names of former lottery winners, and includes advertisements for the American Gold and Silver Mining Co. (scam company run by Pattee), and Lohman & Co.’s Indian Blood Purifier product.
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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Tuesday, August 28th, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "32.396 prizes, ... amounting to $281.860." The rewards and pricing information are printed in bold. Towards the bottom of the print is an image of two hands shown pointing at text listing the rules of the lottery.
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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes, rewards, and ticket pricing for a lottery drawing taking place on July 31st, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware. Whole tickets for the drawing are sold for five dollars, half tickets for two dollars and fifty cents, and quarter tickets for one dollar and twenty-five cents. The scheme on the print also lists totals of "32.396 prizes, ... amounting to $281.861." The rewards and title information are printed in bold. Towards the bottom of the print is an image of two hands shown pointing at text listing the rules of the lottery.
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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Saturday, April 27th, 1861 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "76,076 prizes, amounting to $578,557," and the print advertises tickets selling for $10. The venders of the lottery drawing are Bowers Wilkins & Co., and Wood, Eddy & Co. are the managers. The broadside is surrounded by a decorative border with intricate scrollwork.
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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Wednesday, October 31st, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "34.412 prizes, ... amounting to $57.057." The rewards and pricing information are printed in bold. Below the scheme is an image of two hands shown pointing at text that reads, "14 drawn prizes in each package of 26 tickets." Towards the bottom of the print is an image of two hands shown pointing at text listing the rules of the lottery. Prizes and orders were addressed to Kelly, Hubbard & Co. in Wilmington, Delaware.
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