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    Race over Uncle Sam's course

    Visual Materials

    The American political cartoons collection contains approximately 530 printed items relating to politics in the United States from approximately 1767 to approximately 1950, with the bulk of the items dating from 1840 to 1870. Most items are engravings, but some lithographs are also included. The collection highlights both well-known and less recognized American political figures. Subjects addressed by the collection include American governance, presidents and politicians, and the American Civil War, as well as caricature and cartooning in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable printers represented in the collection are Henry R. Robinson, Currier & Ives, and E. W. Kemble. There is also a set of 58 cartoons from San Francisco based satirical magazine The Wasp; all are from 1881, and most by George Frederick Keller.

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    Graham, Margaret (Collier). Uncle Sam to K.P.H.: [poem]

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of the personal papers and correspondence of Margaret Collier Graham, as well as materials related to her husband, Donald McIntyre Graham, and other related family papers. Much of the subject matter in the collection focuses on life in California (chiefly in early Pasadena and Anaheim) and California real estate and development, including the establishment of Elsinore and Wildomar.

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    Davies, John J. Typescript of poem, Uncle the Mormons Sam and

    Manuscripts

    This collection consists of typescripts of interviews and diaries collected by Kimball Young (1893-1972) in regard to his research into the Mormon practice of polygamy. The information he gathered was to be used for his book, Isn't one wife enough? (New York : Holt and Co., 1954).

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  • Series of 3 shots copied from a photo album page of men digging in rocky desert soil to place a power pole

    Series of 3 shots copied from a photo album page of men digging in rocky desert soil to place a power pole

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    Series of 3 shots copied from a photo album page of men digging in rocky desert soil to place a power pole. Second shot shows man shoveling dirt out of the hole.

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  • The July Century

    The July Century

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    Image of an advertisement for the Century magazine July 1895 issue featuring a crowd silhouetted in the light of several outdoor lanterns.

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  • Ferry's seeds

    Ferry's seeds

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    Image of a vase of flowers in a windowsill silhouetted by the full moon outside the window in an advertisement for D. M. Ferry & Company of Detroit, Michigan.

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