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Millicent Farrington Lowry, also known as Mrs. R.B. Lowry, lived in Niagara Falls, New York. This diary documents her life on the homefront from 1943 through 1947. Lowry recorded daily activities covering rationing, comments on the war, meals, errands, the weather, and what was happening with her family members.

Abstract Baldo Loy worked for the Pacific Steamship Association as a Stevedore in 1923 and for the Moore Drydock Company in 1924. By 1935, he was a member of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local 9. He was "granted Honorable, withdrawel [sic] from this Local" on 26 January 1936. That same year, at the age of 36, he was issued a picket card by the Maritime Federation of the Pacific coast, serving the organization faithfully during the Maritime Federation Pacific...

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The collection consists of a wooden serving tray autographed by 66 internees that were placed into the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center internment camp in Shanghai by the occupying Japanese forces during World War II. The signatures, which appear on both sides of the tray, also include the identification numbers of the individuals.

Abstract Mario Jose de Souza Machado, a Portuguese-Chinese descendant, was born in Shanghai, China on April 22, 1935. He was an eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster, and was also heavily involved in local community and Old China Hands events. He helped organize the 1996 Old China Hands Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada, and invited special guest speakers from various governments, media, and business. The collection consists mostly of documents regarding the 1996 reunion, in...

Abstract Marjorie Macris was born on January 30, 1935 in Chicago and raised in the Midwest. Macris was a pioneer for women in the field of city planning. She worked as planning director for Marin County and the City of Berkeley. Macris passed away in San Francisco on October 16, 2023. The collection documents the professional life and career of Marjorie Macris from the time she began her career as one of the only female planners, to her retirement and work as a planning consultant. Materials include...

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Charles Magnus was a print publisher and lithographer from New York City who sold letter sheets, maps, song sheets, envelopes and other prints from 1850 to 1899, and was especially popular during the Civil War. The collection consists of two illustrated song sheets printed and distributed by Magnus during the Civil War era.

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The Dave Malone Flyer is a flyer for the Black Family Reunion Celebration, an event that was held in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, in July 1989. It includes an abbreviated schedule of the event and lists the celebrities, the activities, and those individuals and groups who spearheaded and sponsored the event.

Abstract The Manuscript Cookbook was written by an unknown individual from the Scranton, Pennsylvania area. The Cookbook consists of handwritten recipes, recipes clipped from newspapers, and several medicinal recipes contained in a small daily diary dated 1935. Clipped recipes are pasted in, with the exception of one loose recipe circa 1995. The medicinal recipes are primarily for arthritis and rheumatism. Recipes for food include ingredients and written instructions, and are arranged by type....

Abstract Raymond Marshall was an African-American US Army Air Corps Corporal who served in World War II, before military service branches in the US were desegregated. Marshall was assigned to an Air Base Security Battalion unit comprised of black enlisted men under the command of a white officer. He served in the Pacific Theater, spending time in Hawaii and on other islands, including Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, among others. The Corporal Raymond Marshall Collection documents Marshall's...

Abstract The original Angels Flight Railway opened on Bunker Hill in 1901. The funicular railway was built by J.W. (James Ward) Eddy, and connected Hill and Olive Streets. Over the next sixty years a number of different owner-operators controlled Angels Flight. In 1962, the City of Los Angeles forced sale to the City. The City hired the Oliver and William Elevator Co. to run the railway until it was dismantled in 1969. Meant to be a temporary closure while the City undertook improvements to the...