Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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
Jack London's former valet, Yoshimatsu Nakata, stands in the driveway of his home in Hawaii.
mssJL JLP 248
Manuscripts
Portrait of Jack London's onetime valet, Yoshimatsu Nakata, age 13, wearing kimono with arm leaning on table.
mssJL JLP 249
Manuscripts
Bound in textured black material. The title, "Roamer 1911 - 1912 - 1913" is embossed in the center of cover in gold lettering. Images are of Jack and Charmian London, Nakata, their Japanese servant, and other crew on the Roamer as they sail the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers.
JLP 508
Manuscripts
Bound in textured black leather. The title, "Roamer October 1910" is embossed in gold lettering in the lower right corner. The number "69" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images of are Jack and Charmian London with their Japanese servants, Nakata and Yamamoto, as crew on the yacht, Roamer on a trip down the Sacramento River and back.
JLP 507
Manuscripts
Album is bound in black textured material. The title "Bora-Bora and Samoa," is embossed in gold lettering in the center of cover. Images are of the sights, indigenous people, and Europeans that the Londons met while traveling through Oceania on the Snark. There are also several postcards and souvenir photographs.
JLP 500
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