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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Set of illustrated postcards and postage stamps produced for 1984 Olympic Games. Also one stadium pass and brochure for 1932 Olympic Games.
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A wide view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the opening ceremonies of the 10th Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The stadium is full of spectators who are watching the ceremony on the field, where the athletes are divided by country.
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This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.
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Manuscripts
Cover and 14-pp. stapled report, "Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - Brief history & listing of Commissioners, 1933 - 1969." Also, five tickets to the December 16, 1979 Los Angeles Rams football game in the Coliseum - the final game played by the Rams in that stadium.
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A panoramic view of the 1922 Armistice Day Parade in Long Beach. Men in uniforms and suits are marching in rows on Ocean Avenue, past Lord & Taylor, Hotel Schuyler, and Hotel Kinnebac, after having turned right off of Pine. Marching down Pine on the far right are groups of boy scouts. Both Ocean and Pine are lined with spectators, and vehicles, including a street car, are backed up at the corner. Spectators are also watching from the windows, roofs, and fire escapes of buildings along the parade route.
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A panoramic view of the 1922 Armistice Day Parade in Long Beach. Service men in uniform are marching in formation on Ocean Avenue, past Lord & Taylor, Hotel Schuyler, and Hotel Kinnebac, after having turned right off of Pine. The lines of men marching down Ocean are marines, and those on Pine are sailors. Both Ocean and Pine are lined with spectators, and vehicles, including a street car, are backed up at the corner. Spectators are also watching from the windows and roofs of buildings along the parade route.
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