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

Visual Materials
Image of boats on Venice Lagoon and a view of Windward Avenue and the Abbot Kinney Pier at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California, with the Ship Cafe and Auditorium visible in the distance. A sign reads "Hotel Gondolier, a modern house steam heated throughout hot and cold running water."
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Image of the Saint Mark's Hotel with automobiles parked, at Windward Avenue and Ocean Front Walk in Venice, California. A sign (difficult to read) above the corner of the building says "Owl Drug. Co."
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Image of a crowd watching a performance of some kind on the Venice Pier in Venice, California. The tall tower at right has lettering that says "Dragon Bamboo Slide," and a sign across from it says: "Flying Trains." Other signs say "the Fun House" and "Penny Arcade" and "Fire hazard. Do not smoke on ferris wheel."
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Image of a Mardi Gras Festival parade along the Windward Avenue colonnades at Venice in Los Angeles, California. Signs along the parade route read "Undercover Doctor" and "They all come out" on a movie marquee, "Plaza," "The Horseshoe," "Chop Suey Cafe," "California Theatre," and "Mardi Gras Festival." A float in the parade reads "the cornerstone of Elkdom is patriotism, fidelity, [charity?]," with a girl, young women, and an Elks member wearing a fez.
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An area view of Windward Avenue in Venice, California, [showing a Turkish Bath House, theaters, an apartment house and automobiles common to 1914 parked along the street. There is a large sign at the intersection that reads: VENICE. People are socializing along the street and there is a horse-drawn wagon approaching the camera.]
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Image of the Beach Apartments building at 39 Sunset Avenue, Venice, California. Number "39" is on front of building, near steps. A sign in the basement window says "Apartment for rent."
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