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Auction archive: Lot number 238

Collection of approximately 93 hand-colored glass lantern slides used by Elsie Corwin for lectures on Luther Burbank, plus manuscripts of the lecture & related material

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$480
Auction archive: Lot number 238

Collection of approximately 93 hand-colored glass lantern slides used by Elsie Corwin for lectures on Luther Burbank, plus manuscripts of the lecture & related material

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$480
Beschreibung:

Title: Collection of approximately 93 hand-colored glass lantern slides used by Elsie Corwin for lectures on Luther Burbank, plus manuscripts of the lecture & related material Author: Corwin, Elsie Powers Place: Boston, etc. Publisher: Date: c.1925-1935 Description: The lantern slides are 8.3x10.2 cm. (3½x4"), with holograph paper labels. In period folding carrying case. With: Holograph manuscript by Corwin, "Luther Burbank, Plant Scientist." 57 pp. Makes reference to the slides. Also, two typed carbon copies of the lecture, a typed essay by Corwin "Luther Burbank, an Appreciation," various ephemera and newsclippings about Burbank, etc. In addition, there is a brass watch fob featuring Burbank, offered as an Honor Award for fruit creations, and an early commemorative brass pin featuring Burbank. Rare assemblage of hand-colored glass lantern slides featuring Luther Burbank, his life, horticultural creations, etc. They were made "with permission of Burbank from photographs taken at the time the experiments were made." The slides include views of Burbank, his wife and mother, his birthplace, his home and gardens in Santa Rosa and approximately 70 slides of his botanical experiments and results. Many of the slides have four or more images of his plants or hybrids, including those of fruits, vegetable, flowers, shrubs and trees. The lecture notes indicate 100 slides, but we count 93. Lot Amendments Condition: Overall in very good condition, most slides fine or nearly so. Item number: 236401

Auction archive: Lot number 238
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2013
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Collection of approximately 93 hand-colored glass lantern slides used by Elsie Corwin for lectures on Luther Burbank, plus manuscripts of the lecture & related material Author: Corwin, Elsie Powers Place: Boston, etc. Publisher: Date: c.1925-1935 Description: The lantern slides are 8.3x10.2 cm. (3½x4"), with holograph paper labels. In period folding carrying case. With: Holograph manuscript by Corwin, "Luther Burbank, Plant Scientist." 57 pp. Makes reference to the slides. Also, two typed carbon copies of the lecture, a typed essay by Corwin "Luther Burbank, an Appreciation," various ephemera and newsclippings about Burbank, etc. In addition, there is a brass watch fob featuring Burbank, offered as an Honor Award for fruit creations, and an early commemorative brass pin featuring Burbank. Rare assemblage of hand-colored glass lantern slides featuring Luther Burbank, his life, horticultural creations, etc. They were made "with permission of Burbank from photographs taken at the time the experiments were made." The slides include views of Burbank, his wife and mother, his birthplace, his home and gardens in Santa Rosa and approximately 70 slides of his botanical experiments and results. Many of the slides have four or more images of his plants or hybrids, including those of fruits, vegetable, flowers, shrubs and trees. The lecture notes indicate 100 slides, but we count 93. Lot Amendments Condition: Overall in very good condition, most slides fine or nearly so. Item number: 236401

Auction archive: Lot number 238
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2013
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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