Big Little Books Collection, 1935-1939

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Title:: Big Little Books Collection
Dates:: 1935-1939
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Preferred citation:: Big Little Books Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Scope and content:: Eight books including several photoplay books, commonly known as Big Little Books. Seven books published by Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin: Powder Smoke Range (1935); Silver Streak (1935); Popeye in Quest of His Poopkeck Pappy (1937); Cowboy Lingo (1938); Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 and the Border Smugglers (1938); Tim Tyler's Luck and the Plot of the Exiled King (1939); and Wells Fargo (no date) (pages missing through page 6). One book published by Saalfield Publishing Co., New York: Shirley Temple with Lionel Barrymore in The Little Colonel, [1935].

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:: 1935-1939
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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Preferred citation:: Big Little Books Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US