Recommended Reading
If you would like to learn more about some of the topics in the Label Legacy exhibit, check out these materials. You can purchase many of these titles at the History San José Museum Store.
Bibliography
Graphic Design, Packaging and Agriculture
Davis, Alec. Package and Print: The Development of Container and Label Design. New York: C. N. Potter, c1967.
Heller, Steven and Seymour Chwast. Graphic Style: From Victorian to Post-Modern. New York : H.N. Abrams, 1988.
Jacobsen, Thomas “Pat”. Millennium Guide to Fruit Crate Labels: A Collectors Guide and Price Catalogue. Weimar, CA: Crate Expectations Publishing, 2000. See also Pat Jacobsen’s website, http://www.fruitcratelabels.com.
Jacobson, Yvonne. Passing Farms, Enduring Values: Californias Santa Clara Valley.Los Altos, CA: W. Kaufmann in cooperation with the California History Center, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, c1984.
Purvis, Alston W. and Martijn F. Le Coultre. Graphic Design 20th Century: 1890-1990. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, c2003.
Books By Ralph Rambo
Adventure Valley: Pioneer Adventures in the Santa Clara Valley / written and illustrated by Ralph Rambo. Santa Clara, CA: Published by the author, 1970.
Almost Forgotten: cartoon pen and inklings of the old Santa Clara Valley / written, drawn and hand-lettered by F. Ralph Rambo. Santa Clara, CA: Published by the author, 1964.
E-day 1906: Witness to an Earthquake / written and illustrated by Ralph Rambo.San Jose, CA: Rosicrucian Press, in cooperation with the San Jose Historical Museum Association, 1987.
Lady of Mystery / edited by William R. Rambo, illustrations by the author.San Jose, CA: Rosicrucian Press, 1967.
The Little House / written and illustrated by Ralph Rambo.San Jose, CA: published by the author, 1969.
"Lo, the poor Indian" of the Santa Clara Valley / illustrated by the author. San Jose, CA: Lithographed by the Rosicrucian Press, 1967.
Looking Backward 1900.San Jose, CA: Manuscript, 1959. Available in the California Room, Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San José, CA.
Me and Cy / written and illustrated by Ralph Rambo.San Jose, CA: Published by the author, 1966.
Pen and Inklings.San Jose, CA: San Jose Historical Museum Association, 1984.
Pioneer Blue Book of the old Santa Clara Valley. San Jose, CA: Rosicrucian Press, 1973.
Plant Life: A Rambling Treatise on the rearing and early culture of a common indoor plan (Muirson labellus) / by Homer Sapiens. San Jose, CA: Manuscript, 1963. Available in the California Room, Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San José, CA.
Remember When ... A Boys-Eye View of an Old Valley / written, illustrated, and hand lettered by F. Ralph Rambo.Santa Clara, CA: Published by the author, 1965.
Sierra Santa / illustrated and hand-lettered by the author. San Jose, CA: published by the author, lithographed by the Rosicrucian Press, 1971.
Trailing the California Bandit, Tiburcio Vasquez, 1835-1875 / illustrated and hand-lettered text by the author. San Jose, CA: Lithographed by Rosicrucian Press, 1968.
Maps and Illustrations by Ralph Rambo
Arbuckle, Clyde. Santa Clara Co. Ranchos / Cartography and illustrations by Ralph Rambo.San Jose, CA: Harlan-Young Press, 1968.
Fox, Frances, L. Luis María Peralta and His Adobe / Sketches by Ralph Rambo.San Jose, CA: Smith-McKay Printing, 1975.
Map of Santa Clara County Ranchos: a delineation of Spanish-Mexican government land grants on ranchos and pueblo sites in early Santa Clara Valley. San Jose, CA: Harlan-Young Press, 1968.