Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Rare Books
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Image is a view of the Plaza with the statue of California in the center, a flag and pole left of the statue, many labeled buildings surrounding the Plaza, and people and animals in the Plaza. "Moody. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by Joseph F. Atwill in the Clerks office of the District Court of the northern District of the State of California. B.F. Butler's Lith. San Francisco. Atwill & Co. Publishers, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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![[Celebration of the 4th of July,] in San Francisco Cal. the 5th July, 1852](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KX0OZU%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Image is of a parade with mounted and foot participants (including Chinese) that winds up the sheet from side to side. Various flags are displayed. "Lith. of Cooke & Le Count."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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Image is of the Plaza filled with people watching a parade of horse-drawn boat and barrel floats. In the background, despite the terrible fires of May and June of this year (as Baird notes), are several buildings facing the Plaza. These include a post office and a court. There are many United States flags flying throughout the scene. "Publ. & Lith. by Quirot & Co. Califa. corner Montgy. St. S. F."--text, below image. There is a handwritten word in the lower left corner of the sheet and above the image. Paper color: gray.
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Visual Materials
Image of an interior view of a department store crowded with female customers, African American porters, and an Irish policemen during a corset sale; a female impersonator stands with a man atop a store counter, with a sign below the counter "Flags for all nations except one Smooth, Silk & C[?]", and a woman attempts to get into an elevator; the poster advertises the comedic play "A Female Drummer" by Charles E. Blaney.
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Visual Materials
Image of the Army and Navy Monument (also known as the Soldiers and Sailors Monument) in Boston, Massachusetts, honoring those who served in the Union army and navy during the American Civil War; large columnar monument topped with and surrounded by sculpted figures of people; setting is park-like with trees; image framed by an architectural arch decorated with military medals and American flags.
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![San Francisco, 1858. [upper] San Francisco. 1849 & 1850. From Telegraph Hill. [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KXUT3Q%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Upper image is a view from the Plaza, exactly the same as "San Francisco 1854." "Lith. of Britton & Rey Cor. Montg & Comm. Sts."--text, below image. Lower image is a view looking south from Telegraph Hill with the Plaza near the center, wharves and ships to the left, and two or three streets of buildings to the right. Baird notes that this image is apparently based on Swan's "View of San Francisco, From Telegraph Hill." Paper color: blue.
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