Name/Title
"CALIFORNIA MEMORIES"Entry/Object ID
2002.96.2.1Description
Color: Blue; Green
"California Memories," by Jackson A. Graves (Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1930), 330 pp. The book has a blue hardcover with the title at the top of the front and the author's name at the bottom. Both of these, as well as the publisher's name, are on the spine. All of the lettering on the cover is in gold. At the beginning of the inside are a title page, a preface, an innovation, a table of contents, and a list of illustrations. In the autobiography, Graves describes his life in California as well as people such as Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. There are many descriptions of the state and its industries in the late 19th and early 20th century. Some black and white photographs are included and at the end is an index. A dustjacket came with the book and is item .2. There are only minor abrasions along the cover edges of the artifact which is in good condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, Times-Mirror Press, California--Description and travel, Autobiography, Agriculture--California, Industries--California