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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Bound in textured black material. The title, "The Solomon Islands" is embossed in the center of cover in gold lettering. The number "12" is affixed to top of spine with glue. Images are virtually all commercial photographs by John Watt Beattie taken in 1906, of native peoples and sites around the Solomon Islands and Vanautu.
JLP 543
Manuscripts
Album is bound in textured black material. The title, "Under the Southern Cross," is embossed in gold lettering in the center of the front cover. The number "56" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are primarily commercial souvenir photographs and postcards probably purchased during the London's stay in the Gilbert Islands. A few panoramic landscapes and other views are possibly taken by Jack London.
JLP 494
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Manuscripts
134 photographs, many of native huts and villages. Also featured are Charmian London, Ernest "Nature Man" Darling, Martin Johnson, and Jack London. Places include Tahiti, the Marquesas, Savii, Papeete Tahiti, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Samoa, Suva, Manua, and the Snark at sea. Also shown is the ship S.S. Mariposa.
JLP 429
Manuscripts
Bound in black textured material. The title, "The Terrible Solomons 2," is embossed in the center of the cover in gold lettering. The number "64" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are of the landscapes and indigenous people of the Solomon Islands.
JLP 502
Manuscripts
Album is bound in textured black material. The title, "The Terrible Solomons I," is embossed in the center of cover in gold lettering. The number '63" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are of indigenous people and places as well as Western inhabitants of the Solomon Islands.
JLP 501
Manuscripts
Bound in textured brown leather. The title, "Europe 1902," is embossed in gold lettering in the center of cover. The number "22" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are panoramas and snapshots taken by Jack London during a three week tour of France, Germany, Italy, and Holland taken after completing his research for The People of the Abyss in London. Second half of album contains additional photos taken while in London, a several that are variations that did not appear in The People of the Abyss.
JLP 553