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
Photographs of the American West, dating from the 1870s to the 1890s, collected by Carl S. Dentzel (1913-1980), director of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, California, including a disbound album of photographs of Alaska taken by A. L. Broadbent. These views show Revenue Cutter Service ships and officers; Alaskan natives; towns; scenery; the fur trade and mission schools. Other notable photographs in this collection include portraits of John C. Frémont, Harrison Gray Otis, and John A. Sutter; a series of Lake Tahoe card photographs; and views of early western settlers around the time of the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. The collection also depicts Alaskan native graves; missionaries; walrus hunting; whaling ships; totem poles; officers in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service; vacationers throughout California; the logging industry; Kingston, New Mexico; Greek Orthodox church buildings; the first grand jury in Nome, Alaska; James Gilchrist Swan; and a portrait of one of the collection's photographers, Alfred Lee Broadbent. Photographers who contributed to this collection include William C. Billington, Alfred Lee Broadbent, F. Davey, Edward De Groff, Charles D. Kirkland, D. S. Mitchell, C.H. Shaffner, Julius Ulke, and Raper James Waters.
photCL 98
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A man in a suit with a bowler hat sitting in front of Arts & Crafts home.
photCL SCE 01 - 00293
Manuscripts
Black and white contact print of Harrison Gray Otis at The Outpost, his clubhouse in Hollywood, California. Standing in front of a large shrub with assorted flowers lined around base. Wearing light colored suit, with vest, tie and hat. To left of photo, American flags visible. Gate can be seen in background to right of photo. Related to Image Number 000127.
mssLAT 000128
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Image of text graphic plant design; logo of a man in a suit with coattails and top hat holding a bunch of oranges with leaves.
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Image of text graphic plant design; logo of a man in a suit with coattails and top hat holding a bunch of oranges with leaves.
ephJLC_CIT_000888
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A man seated at a desk covered with proofs and newspapers speaks with two standing men at the Los Angeles Times. One of the standing men is wearing a three piece suit and hat and holding a paper that the seated man is pointing at with his pencil. The other man is shorter, wearing a dark two piece suit and rests his hand on a camera that is on the desk.
photCL Whitt 1442 ; Whitt neg. 1225