Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Group portrait of the Yale University rugby team, with a man holding a ball at center, and the letter "Y" on their uniforms.
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Photograph album of 46 pages, with 214 photographs and many handwritten captions by Robert Hutton identifying people and places. A personal snapshot album of young Robert Hutton's time spent living in a cabin in Topanga Canyon, and his activities with friends and residents. Also some views of trips to other parts of California and Oregon. Identified people: James A. Craig (Topanga postmaster); Fred and Stella McAllister; Moses and William Lee Greenleaf; the Olsens; Les Storrs; Mort Allen; Elva Plaistridge. Other views: camping in Little Rock and Swarthout Valley, Ca.; trip to the Rogue River and Crater Lake in Oregon, 1917; group portrait of Santa Monica High School English class students, 1917 (p. 3); storefronts in Pescadero, Ca., 1918 (p. 24); boys in camping gear and holding rifles, Temescal Canyon, 1914 (p. 1). Some loose photographs digitized with album, at the end: Young Robert Hutton and other children with soap box derby cars in Santa Monica, ca. 1908-1915; Judge George H. Hutton and Dolores E. Hutton (his parents); and a group of students and teachers in front of Roosevelt Elementary School in 1908, with a list of names.
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Panoramic view of police officers in a group portrait with automobiles and motorcycles outside Hall of Justice, 142 North Broadway in Pasadena, California.
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Panoramic view of American Railway Express Company drivers and other employees in a group portrait outside part of Denver's Union Station. The view includes automobiles, trucks and horse-pulled wagons, some with signs advertising the company.
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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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A group of men and women on horses, on a ranch with stagecoach and stables in view. Names of 15 people written under their photographs, from left to right: "Curley Eagle (holding horse reins and sitting on stagecoach), Ed Gibson, George Spencer, Al O' Byrn, Joe Morris, Dick Parker, E. Simpson, Ed Brush, Ed Willis, Jim Catchart, Mrs. Hazel Padgett, E. Costello, Princeton Davies, Ed Davies, William Davis, H.W. Padgett."
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