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Osborne Family Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1996-118

Content Description

Sixty-six (66) photographic materials, four (4) postcards, and a variety of business, legal and publicity materials related to Osborne's Book Store.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Gift of Donald G. Ollis

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 1906 - 1972

Extent

48 Photographic Prints

18 Negatives (Photographs)

4 Postcards

Inventory

1. Catalogue of Spanish Books, 1906 2. Business card, M.C. Faulding 3. Brief, handwritten historical synopsis of Osborne's Book Store 4. Letter to editor of "Publisher's Weekly" by Don Ollis 5. Advertisement for Sanford's stationary products 6. Price list of books avail. through The Harmony Shop, Boston, 1920 (2 pages) 7. Typewritten note re: closure of Osborn's lending library, 1/1969 8. Typewritten memorandum, re: reincorporation of Osborne's Book Store, n.d. 9. Copy of Loughead Aircraft purchase order to Osborne's, 12/1919 10. Copies of four wills: Louise Ollis Osborne, Alice Schmidt, J. Blanche Osborne, W.W. Osborne 11. Two clippings from "This Week in Santa Barbara" , 6/7/1969 w/ Donald Ollis on Sears Catalogue reprint 12. Clipping from "Publisher's Weekly" 10/19/1935 w/ obit of W.W. Osborne 13. "Publisher's Weekly" 8/1/1925, w/ article re: reopening of Osborne's after 1925 earthquake 14. Three 3.5 x 4.5 color Polaroids of Osborne's interior 15. Four 3.5 x 4.5 color Polaroids of Osborne's store window 16. One 3.5 x 4.5 b/w photo of Osborne's interior 17. One 3.5 x 4.5 b/w photo of construction at rear of Osborne's 18. Three 3.5 x 5 b/w photos of Osborne's interior 19. Two 3.5 x 5 b/w photos of Osborne's store window 20. One 3.5 x 5 b/w photo of new sign being installed on outside wall of Osborne's 21. One 3.5 x 5 b/w photo of construction on State St. in front of Osborne's 22. Eighteen 3.5 x 5 b/w photos of interior of Osborne's 23. Three 3.5 x 5 b/w photos of luncheon, people unidentified 24. One 5 x 3.5 b/w photo of smoke from fire in downtown SB 25. Eighteen 35mm strip negatives of Osborne's Book Store 26. One 3.5 x 5 color photo of Osborne's interior 27. One 3.5 x 5 b/w photo of Osborne's interior 28. One 3.5 x 5 b/w photo of Osborne's store window - "book sale" 29. One b/w postcard of group at rear of Osborne's after 1925 earthquake 30. One 6 x 4.5 b/w photo of Louise Osborne 31. One 7 x 10 b/w photo of Osborne's store window with garden book display 32. One 7 x 10 b/w photo of Osborne's interior 33. One 8 x 10 b/w photo of staff in Osborne's store 34. One 8 x 10 b/w photo of rear of Osborne's 35. One 9 x 14 b/w photo of Osborne's interior 36. One postal card with Osborne return address 37. Two statement sheets from Osborne's 38. Address sticker from Osborne's 39. Ad card for Smith's Bootery, SB (torn) 40. Financial statement, Osborne's, 5/1939 41. Copy of "Santa Barbara News-Press" obit of W.W. Osborne, 10/6/1935 42. Dividend slip in Robin Osborne's handwriting 43. Letter, Parker Pen Company to Osborne's on latter's 75th anniversary 10/2/1972 44. Handwritten note re: Louise Osborne estate, 1945 45. Cashbook, Osborne's 5/1900-2/1902 46. Cover for Osborne's lending library book 47. Statement sheet, W.W. Osborne 48. Letter w/ envelope addressed to "The Largest Bookstore in the World" 49. Folder w/ financial statements, 1960s and misc. ephemera 50. County National Bank and Trust Company account book for W.W. Osborne 51. Postal card telling customer book has arrived at Osborne's 52. Postal card requesting book(s) from publisher to Osborne's 53. Business card of C.W. Feathers, asst. cashier at SB branch of Bank of Italy 54. Ad for Dennison's Tissue paper 55. Issue of "Santa Barbara Daily News" 6/29/1925 56. Typewritten page, "Procedure at Osborne's (sic)"