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American goldfinch

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Description: An uncolored print from a copperplate engraving of a male and female American goldfinch perched on branches of thistle. The top left is labeled "No. 7.," and the top right is labeled "Plate XXXIII [33]." The title in the center reads "American goldfinch. Fringilla tristis, Linn. Male, 1. Female, 2. Common thistle. Cnicus lanceolatus." Signed John J. Audubon on the lower left, and R. Havell on the lower right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1827-1838.
Call number: priPEF 26
Provenance: Gift of Richard S. Walden, December 2023.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

"Come, fellow Americans, let us worship!" [graphic] / Interlandi

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An ink drawing by Frank Interlandi for the Los Angeles Times. The drawing is a paste-up which included a glued clipping of a revolver (now loose), originally placed on top of a drawn column labeled "God." Additional loose clippings include a typed paper slip of the title, and another typed slip reading, "Below Olympus... By Interlandi." The cartoon is signed and dated by Interlandi on the left corner of the image. Signed text towards the lower right of the image also reads, "With best wishes, from Frank Interlandi." The title, "Come, fellow Americans, let us worship!" is written in blue pencil below the image. Verso of drawing includes a blue note from the Los Angeles Times with information regarding the original order request.

priPEF 5

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : the Dunbar Trio the world’s most famous aerialists

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Image of a central group portrait of the aerialist troupe the Dunbar Trio with the female performer standing between the two male performers; images of the three performing on trapezes at upper right and lower left.

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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey : The great Alzanas world renowned high wire daredevils

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Image of male high-wire walker Harold Alzana performing two acts on a high wire tightrope including one with two female aerialists suspended from a bicycle; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at lower left; one layer of a photomechanical print of a portion of a figure wearing a tuxedo and top hat started on verso.

priJLC_ENT_000067

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United States surfboard championships : Huntington Beach, California

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A screen print in varying hues of black, pink, blue, and red colors featuring a silhouette of a male surfer riding a wave under the moon and stars. The waves curve down from the top-left to the bottom-right of the print. Text below the waves is printed in multiple graphic styles reading "United States surfboard championships : Huntington Beach, California. Sat. & Sun. Sept. 18-19' 71." Signed by the artist on the center-left of the print.

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Pat Rooney’s New York Star Combination

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Image of caricatures of Irish comedian Pat Rooney driving a horse-drawn carriage with a male performer and a female performer as passengers past a crowd of spectators standing before an opera house that carries a flag labeled "Independent Candidate Pat Rooney" towards the White House in Washington, D.C., while caricatures of political figures sit and watch in the lower right foreground (presumably, from left to right, Thomas Nast, John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling, James Blaine, Benjamin Franklin Butler, and William Tecumseh Sherman); date sheet for a show on October 30, [1884], presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted to bottom of image.

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Plaster-of-Paris model of a grape leaf

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One plaster-of-Paris model of a grape leaf, mounted on a rectangular base, labeled "1453" in the lower right hand corner. On the upper left hand corner is a medal medallion with the embossed words "P.P. Caproni & Bro. - Plastic Arts - Boston, USA." On the top edge of the model is a small wire loop. Title supplied by cataloger.

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