Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
This collection of William H. Fletcher commercial card photographs focus mainly on Los Angeles, California, during a period of industrial expansion and population growth in the late 1800s. The images depict various views around Los Angeles, which include Los Angeles Street and some of its intersections, the Main and Spring Streets junction, Old Chinatown, the College of Medicine at University of Southern California (in its second incarnation on Buena Vista Street, now North Broadway), Llewellyn Iron Works, Elysian Park, the Hollenbeck Home for retirees, and what may be William H. Fletcher's residence (see item 6). Also included are photographs of Colorado Boulevard, Fair Oaks Avenue, and Devil's Gate in Pasadena; the Los Angeles River; the Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica; the Point Fermin Lighthouse in San Pedro; Ventura; Redondo Beach; and the California missions San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and San Fernando Rey.
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View of landscape at Elysian Park in Los Angeles. A small shack can be seen in the foreground, as well as the roof of a second building peeking from the trees behind it.
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Bird's-eye-view of Los Angeles from Third Street and Hill Street. Some buildings in this view are: the Methodist Church; Congregation B'nai B'rith Synagogue (at center) on the east side of Fort Street (now Broadway), between Second and Third streets; the Cathedral of St. Vibiana (at right in background) located on Main Street, just south of Second Street.
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View of a two story home on an unidentified street in Los Angeles.
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View of storefronts and businesses in an adobe building in Los Angeles. Visible signs include "C.J. Bickford," "Cigar," and "Potato Sacks Wanted Here." In addition there are billboards on a fence including one for "A Night at the circus."
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View of the Hollenbeck home in Los Angeles.
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