Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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The spirit of the past - Apsaroke
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of the landing of American naval troops in Japan in 1853 during the United States Naval Expedition to Japan (the Perry Expedition); Japanese men with spears stand in formation spread over the coastline to greet American soldiers as they disembark from boats onto the beach; more Japanese men in the foreground in boats and on shore, some holding the bridles of horses; hills of Japan in the background.
priJLC_MIL_001461
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Represented in this photograph, seated atop a landau carriage pulled by two horses is a Black coachman dressed in a white servant's jacket, commonly worn by staff during this period. Freedmen frequently found employment in the Niagara Falls hospitality industry working as waiters, ferrymen, and tour guides. Niagara Falls became a settling point for many Black refugees escaping slavery and Jim Crow laws utilizing the routes of the Underground Railroad between 1796-1949. However, visiting tourists to Niagara were also known to have brought their own servants. Also depicted in the image are four Anglo men dressed in dark suits with top hats, three of which are seated in the carriage. The fourth Anglo figure is standing in front of the carriage holding his hat in his right hand below his waist. The group of men are positioned facing Table Rock or the Front with the Horseshoe Falls captured behind them. The ambrotype is credited to Saul Davis, the owner of Table Rock House and the staircase that led tourist groups "Behind the Sheet." A small label adhered to the glass notes in pencil, "S Davis Photographer Table Rock (indecipherable) Falls." The ambrotype was originally in a case but has since lost the front cover.
photPF 26047
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A photograph of a group of Navajo on horseback riding away from the photographer. The photograph is an orotone, printed on glass, and is signed "Curtis" in gold in the lower right corner.
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Image of an elephant race in a tented circus arena with three men in Indian dress riding elephants and holding spears.
priJLC_ENT_000138
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a group portrait of about 30 members of the Willow Lodge No. 121 of Snelling, a branch of the Odd Fellows, taken in a field with trees in the background. The men are wearing ceremonial vestments over their suits, and four men are mounted on horses. A man on the left is holding the lodge's standard and is flanked by two boys holding strings to steady the banner.
mssLattaS, Box 114, Folder 4, Item 1
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a group portrait of about 40 members of the Lafayette Lodge No. 65 of La Grange, a branch of the Odd Fellows, taken in a field with trees in the background. The men are wearing ceremonial vestments over their suits, and four men are mounted on horses. A man in the center is holding the lodge's standard and is flanked by two boys in white suits holding strings to steady the banner.
mssLattaS, Box 113, Folder 6, Item 1