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At Mark Jagers gallery, folk art and industrial objects from the early 20th century include an elaborate wooden settee from the 1910s, $6,500, with inlaid Masonic symbols that exude a medieval mystique. A 1920s painted “tourist chest,” lower right, from Olinala, Mexico, is $1,200 and a wooden and plaster German shepherd is $650. Mark Jager Antiques, 1040 Mission St. (626) 799-2640, www.mjantiques.com.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT)
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A short stroll from the Gold Line stop in South Pasadena, Mission Street has all the charm of a small town shopping strip. The three-block stretch offers architectural salvage, Eastern rug and furniture stores and ye olde thrift shops ranging in style from loft-like galleries to ramshackle junk stores.
If your tastes are all-Americana, Mission Street is the place to find turn-of-the-century handicrafts as well as contemporary folk artist Christopher Blake’s hand-carved circus animals, like the elephant on Page F1 ($245 at Family Fair, [626] 799-6533).
