Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
One painting book entitled The Dutch Boy in Story Land: A Paint Book for Girls and Boys, by O.C. Harn, published by National Lead Company, copyright 1925. The front cover shows Dutch Boy carrying his paint bucket, being greeted by Mother Goose at the head of a parade of fairy tale characters. The back cover features a hand that has made a broad brush stroke within it is the admonition "'Save the surface and you save all' Paint & Varnish." The front inside cover has the copyright information; the inside back cover bears the Dutch Boy trademark and locations of company offices in the United States. The title page shows the Dutch Boy heading into a book with the following rhyme "Into the stories you have read/ He took his famous Dutch Boy Lead,/ And all the characters were glad/ To greet the Dutch Boy Painter Lad." There are 14 images in the book, 7 in color and 7 in outline, plus the front and back-inside covers, and the title page. Each outlined image was to be filled in using the complementary color image at its side as a guide. Some of the images have been filled in using watercolor. There are four perforated tabs at the end of the book--probably where the Decorative and Protective Painting booklet, mentioned on the front cover, would have been included before its removal for use by adults.
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One painting book entitled The Dutch Boy's Lead Party: A Paint Book for Girls and Boys, by O.C. Harn, published by National Lead Company, copyright 1923. The front cover shows Dutch Boy, carrying his paint bucket, being greeted by a toy lead soldier, a shoe, a plate and a light bulb. The back cover features a hand that has made a broad brush stroke with the admonition "'Save the surface and you save all' Paint & Varnish". The front inside cover contains the copyright information; the back inside cover features a seated Dutch Boy (the Dutch Boy trademark) and locations of company offices in the United States. The first page shows the Dutch Boy talking to the lead soldier; it is followed by 14 images--7 in color and 7 in outline--of items that use lead. Items include a light bulb (lead glass), shoes and baseballs (lead in the rubber), and a bullet (entirely made of lead). Each outlined image was to be filled in using the complementary color image at its side as a guide. Some of the images have been filled in using watercolor. There are four perforated tabs at the end of the book--probably where the Color Harmony in the Home booklet, mentioned on the front cover, would have been included before its removal for use by adults. On the front cover the name "M.C. Wagner" has been stamped.
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One manufacturer's advertisement and painting book entitled Dutch Boy Lessons in Painting, published by National Lead Company, New York and Boston, ca. 1910. This promotional booklet for Dutch Boy white lead paint is 14 unnumbered pages in length. The front cover is a chromolithograph of the "Dutch Boy", seated and admiring his small paintings. The back cover is also illustrated with an image of the Dutch Boy, and the lower two thirds of the cover contains a related advertising rhyme. A message about how to use this booklet entitled "To the Children" is printed on the inside of the front cover. A message "to the house owner" is printed on the inside of the back cover. The book is comprised of 8 pages of outline illustrations for painting, and 3 leaves of watercolor paints (6 colors to a page) for use in painting the illustrations. Below each image are a few lines of promotional text. None of the images have been colored in, and the paints have not been used.
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One painting book entitled Kiddie Paint Book, published by Charles E. Graham & Co., New York, ca. 1918. The image on the front cover shows a young boy in a World War I army uniform, and below the title is the series title "0901 Kute Paint Book Series." The back cover features two cats, dressed as humans, in a living room scene--the male is wearing a green coat with tails. The company's trademark and "Made in the U.S.A." are in the lower right-hand corner. The book has 9 unique images, most in outline--only three were printed in color. Most images depict anthropomorphised and comical animals. One of the images, a squirrel driving a car, has been filled in using watercolors. In the upper left-hand corner of the front inside cover, in pencil, is written "5.50".
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One painting book entitled Landscape Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1902. The front cover shows a winter landscape. The title page features a different title (Object Painting Book) than that found on the front cover. The inside front cover reads "a few practical directions for young painters," including how to mix paints. The back inside cover depicts a palette of red, green, yellow, blue and purple; matching paint has been applied to each color by the student. The book contains 8 pages of images, half of which are printed in color, the other half in outline. The outlined images were filled in using the complementary color image as a guide. All of the outlined images have been filled in with watercolors. In the upper-right hand corner of the title page, in pencil, is written "1.00".
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One painting book entitled Flower Studies: A Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1902. The front cover features poppies bordered by other flowers. On the back cover in the lower right-hand corner appears the company's trademark and "No. 84 1/2." The title page is entitled Object Painting Book. The inside front cover depicts a mock palette of colors--red, green, yellow, blue and purple--which were meant to be used with the book, as explained in the instructions printed on the inside of the back cover. Six color images, including the cover and title page, are represented. Four of these within the book mirror four identical images printed only in outline. None of the outlined images have been filled in. On the upper edge of the title page, in pen, is the name "Catherine P. Stafford" and below that, in pencil, "$4.50". On the back inside cover, also in pen, is the same name--"Catherine P. Stafford".
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