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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
One hundred mounted numbered albumen photographs of the operations of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, etc. Each numbered plate is accompanied by a page of descriptive letterpress.
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Photomechancal prints are mounted with a cover sheet of descriptive text. Some of the photographs are numbered to correspond with their description in A printed Catalogue of the Bridgewater and Ellesmere collections of pictures at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square, London, published in 1897, others are unnumbered.
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A collection of 63 Civil War photographs compiled by John P. Nicholson, Civil War veteran and collector. The albumen photographs are mounted on boards that had been bound into an album (now disbound). Most are undated and have little identification, though some have faded pencil writing on back. Many images depict battlefields, primarily in Gettysburg, such as Little Round Top, Devil's Den, and others. Of particular note are photographs of war dead on the battlefield by Mathew B. Brady and Timothy O'Sullivan (1863); and an image of a dead young man, labeled a "rebel sharpshooter," by Alexander Gardner. Another image shows Brady overlooking "The Wheat Field" at Gettysburg, July 1863, attributed to Egbert Guy Fowx. There are several group portraits of soldiers and officers, often at camp, sitting or standing in front of tents; one features officers with women, presumably their wives or family members. Those identified include General Francis Preston Blair Jr. and staff; soldiers of the 8th New York State Militia at camp; 1st U.S. Cavalry at Brandy Station, Virginia; musical band of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (Zouaves); and artillery of the Army of the Cumberland near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Other subjects are: General George G. Meade's headquarters; men building fortifications; a government coal wharf and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad roundhouse in Alexandria, Virginia; a bird's-eye-view of Washington, D.C. with the Capitol and Smithsonian Institute Building "The Castle"; and a panoramic image of "the field over which Pickett charged" by photographer William Bell. A few images include Black men in civilian clothing. The album is disbound, and three photographs have been matted and housed in Box 2.
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In Our Path contains two series of black-and-white photographs by Jeff Gates that chronicle the construction and impact of the I-105 Century Freeway in Los Angeles, California, between 1982 and 1983 and later from 1990 and 1995. The first set of 19 images focus primarily on the initial condemnation and relocation of houses and property in the proposed path of the freeway in the early 1980s. The later set of 27 images document the continued construction in the early 1990s and the opening of the freeway. Each set of photographs is accompanied by a letterpress title page, introduction, and numbered descriptive notes by the photographer.
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A collection of various Civil War photographs that were bound into an album (now disbound), and were compiled by John P. Nicholson, Civil War veteran and collector. The albumen prints are approximately 10 x 12 1/2 inches, mounted on boards, with a few small, amateur photographs pasted on backs of some boards. The album begins with views of City Point by William Hathaway, including General U.S. Grant's headquarters and other barracks, and civilian men and women aboard a steamboat. Views in Richmond depict Libby Prison, building ruins, and Jefferson Davis' residence. Other subjects are: Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; soldiers and officers; an army camp at Scottstown, Alabama; an army bridge created from boats at Fredericksburg, Virginia (1862); U.S. Colored Troops standing in formation at Camp William Penn, Philadelphia (approximately 1863); Citizens' Volunteer Hospital; and a group of Black and white children, men, and women at "Scott House, opposite Fredericksburg." There are two photographs of illustrations by Civil War artist James E. Taylor depicting the Battle of Vermillion Bayou and Custer's charge through a Cheyenne village, Wyoming (1868). The album is disbound, and four photographs have been matted and housed in Box 2.
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This set of 27 loose prints documents the Century Freeway project from 1990 to 1995. The images consist of views of vacant lots, construction workers, the unfinished freeway, runners on the highway participating in the "Run of the Century" race, and the October 14, 1983, Opening Day Festivities, including a photograph of California Governor Pete Wilson and officials during the pledge of allegiance. The photographs are accompanied by a letterpress title page, introduction, and numbered descriptive notes for images 1-11 by the photographer. Image titles for 1-11 are transcribed from the accompanying "Notes on Photographs." (1-2) Century Freeway Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program (3) Morning Rush Hour (4) Willco Dump near Normandie and Imperial (5) Hawthorne Terrance Replenishing Housing Project (6) Run of the Century (7-11) Opening Day Festivities (12-27) [Untitled images of construction area]
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