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 contains approximately 10,000 photographs, negatives and ephemera created or compiled by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), a collector and dealer of Native American and Asian arts and crafts in Pasadena, California. The bulk of the collection dates from 1903 to the 1920s and includes photograph albums and individual photographs with views of Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, California, and the Southwest of North America; pictures documenting Nicholson's basket collecting trips primarily between 1902 and 1912; images of Nicholson's stores and residences in Pasadena, including the building of the "Grace Nicholson Treasure House of Oriental Art" in the mid-1920s; and personal photographs of Nicholson, her family, friends, and associates. Nicholson's personal snapshots and photograph albums provide a valuable resource for studying Native American communities, particularly in Northern California, in the early 20th century. Many of the photographs depict daily life and include images of homes, community events, dances and rituals, families and children, and portraits. Most of these photographs were taken by Grace Nicholson or her assistant, Mr. Carroll S. Hartman, and are often accompanied by Nicholson's handwritten identifications.
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Visual Materials
Photo of a hotel with guests posing in front, some seated on benches or in horse drawn carriages.
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Visual Materials
A horse-dawn carriage with four benches carries a party of men and women who are going sightseeing as part of the first semi-annual meeting of the Southern California Hotel Association in November 1894. The carriage is parked on a road in front of the Hotel Green in Pasadena, California.
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Visual Materials
A horse-dawn carriage with four benches is parked in front of the Hotel Green in Pasadena, California. It carries a party of men and women, who are going sightseeing as part of the first semi-annual meeting of the Southern California Hotel Association on November 22, 1894. The name, "W.T. Vore Livery," is painted on the side of carriage.
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Manuscripts
Black and white photograph of Eliza A. Otis, wife of Harrison Gray Otis, in horse-drawn carriage on dirt road with group of people; two ladies partially visible next to Eliza, three men in the rear of carriage and two men in front. View of horses pulling carriage, with several other horse-drawn carriages behind them. Building to left of photo is Hotel Hollywood, on corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. Square shaped two-story building, other structures and utility poles visible in background.
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Visual Materials
A horse-dawn carriage carrying a group of men and women, who are going sightseeing as part of the first semi-annual meeting of the Southern California Hotel Association on November 22, 1894, is parked in front of the Hotel Green in Pasadena, California. A woman looks down from a balcony above, and several people stand under the arched, covered entryway. The name "Morgan's Livery, Pasadena," is painted on the side of carriage.
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