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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 "Vera Cruz I / 1914" is embossed in the center of the cover in gold lettering. The number "83" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are of military officers and personnel, US Naval ships, San Juan de Ulau, and the city of Veracruz during the American Occupation. Also includes photographic postcards taken of casualties and destruction during the Mexican Revolution, some by well known photographers such as W. H. Horne and Walter P. Hadsel.
JLP 521
Manuscripts
Album is bound in textured black material. The title, "The Dangerous Archipelago" is embossed in the center of cover in gold lettering. The number "58" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Photos in this album are of the aftermath of a 1906 hurricane on the islands of Tuamotus, taken by an Auckland news service. The Londons and Snark did not stop there, and photos were presumably purchased at a later date.
JLP 496
Manuscripts
Bound in textured black material. The title "Over the World" is embossed in center of cover in gold lettering. The number "81" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are primarily picture postcards and souvenir photographs collected by Charmian London. Also included are a handful of photos of Ernest and Gerhard Untermann taken in Colorado and Utah. Relationship to the Londons unknown.
JLP 519
Manuscripts
Bound in textured black material. The title "The Society Islands" is embossed in center of cover in gold lettering. The number "60" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are of Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, some taken by London, some are souvenir photos and postcards. Images are primarily of the natural scenery and people of the islands. There are also several posed portraits of Ernest Darling, know as the Nature Man, taken by London.
JLP 498
Manuscripts
Bound in textured black material. The title, "Molokai," is embossed in the center of the cover in gold lettering. The number "53" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Photos are of Jack and Charmian's trip to the leper colony at Molokai.
JLP 491
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