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Read the full article “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”: A children’s classic lives on though many editions and sequels.

First edition, second state of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (Chicago: George Hill, 1900). 

Illustration from the first edition of of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (Chicago: George Hill, 1900). 

“The Tin Woodman of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1918.

Leaf from the autograph manuscript of L. Frank Baum’s “The Tin Woodman of Oz,” 1918.

“Tik-Tok of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1914.

“The Royal Book of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. 1921.

“Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1929.

“Speedy in Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1934.

“The Wishing Horse of Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1935.

“Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1939.

This Japanese-American fisherman was photographed in his boat,America, near Terminal Island (by the Los Angeles Harbor) in 1942.

Observing Asian-Pacific Heritage Month

To pay tribute to the many generations of Asian-Pacific Americans that have enriched our nation’s history, the National Archives at Riverside will be highlighting some of our holdings relating to Asian American history in our region (Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, NV), including records relating to enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act, records relating to Japanese internment and relocation, and many more. 

For more information about Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, see http://asianpacificheritage.gov/

Hochschild Kohn & Company delivery truck
Baltimore
ca. 1900-1920
John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973)
5 x 7 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC9273 .2 

Mt. Royal Tire Repair Company and Anheuser Busch Beers sign in background. 

These photos, taken in 1894, depict Chinese-American immigrants in a formal studio setting.  The images are part of a series of Commissioner’s Case Files in the records of the Second Judicial District of the Arizona Territorial Courts.  The records are held at the National Archives at Riverside.  

Observing Asian-Pacific Heritage Month

To pay tribute to the many generations of Asian-Pacific Americans that have enriched our nation’s history, the National Archives at Riverside will be highlighting some of our holdings relating to Asian American history in our region (Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, NV), including records relating to enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act, records relating to Japanese internment and relocation, and many more. 

For more information about Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, see http://asianpacificheritage.gov/

By-laws, 1887, Mexican Chamber of Commerce of the Northern District of Baja California

Bound holograph manuscript. By-laws of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce are inscribed in English on pp. 7-30, with the last two pages being taken up mostly with signatures to the document. A Spanish version of the By-laws is inscribed on pp. 74-92. According to Article 2 of the By-laws, the objective of the document was to formalize the Mexican Chamber of Commerce and its mission of encouraging commercial development of Baja California Norte. The manuscript is accompanied by a 19 x 13 cm. tintype of Frank Bennett and two associates. Bennett was one of the signers of the By-laws.

December 1961. JFK visits Bermuda, and as on his visit to Texas, he refuses to put on a hat.

Photo by UK National Archives via Flickr.

This six-bedroom manor — rumored to be the model for Thrushcross Grange in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights — is for sale! A steal at £950,000.

Check out a few other hot literary properties on the market right now (the hotel turned condo complex where Thomas Mann set Death in Venice, for instance).

Records of Chinese Deportees, 1912-1920

These records are part of a series of forms processed as individuals were deported under enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act.  Each record in this series, which is dated around about 1910-1920, usually includes a physical description of the person and an indication as to where he was deported to and the ship on which he was sent.  Some of the records also indicate further reasoning for the deportations and additional information about the individuals.

The men pictured are Fung Lock and Kim Jow.  Both certificates are dated in January 1913.

Observing Asian-Pacific Heritage Month

To pay tribute to the many generations of Asian-Pacific Americans that have enriched our nation’s history, the National Archives at Riverside will be highlighting some of our holdings relating to Asian American history in our region (Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, NV), including records relating to enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act, records relating to Japanese internment and relocation, and many more. 

For more information about Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, see http://asianpacificheritage.gov/

135 years ago, J. Sterling Morton, a pioneer in Nebraska established a tree planting holiday called Arbor Day. 

To celebrate Arbor Day today, here’s a photo of President Hoover planting a tree on the White House Lawn with the American Tree Association.  More on the event from the Hoover Library. 4/21/31

Happy Arbor Day!

50 years ago - Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy attend a dinner in honor of the Nobel Prize winners of the Western Hemisphere.

(Copyright: Robert Knudsen/JFK Library. From L-R: Pearl Buck, President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, Robert Frost)