Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Oil wells, wooden tanks, and wood framed buildings.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of legal papers, correspondence, letter books, ledgers, and account books related chiefly to the Banning Company, Wilmington harbor, Wilmington property, and Santa Catalina Island. There are also papers of the various subsidiary firms of the Banning Company, as well as Banning family letters, and receipts of William and Hancock Banning.
mssBanning Company
Visual Materials
Image of an elevated street view of the eight-story Reading Terminal station of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and adjacent buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a busy street scene in the foreground with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages and wagons, and street cars including one labeled "Philadelphia Traction Co"; flag on roof of building reads "Philadelphia and Reading R.R." in reverse; the next door building is labeled "1888."
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Rare Books
Hand coloring shows various street materials used in paving 105.99 miles of city streets. Later MS additions show horse car lines and railroads existing up to January 1895. Additions by L. P.; Submaps: Map of China Town; Wilmington and San Pedro; Shoe String Strip. MS note: 273826. "Copyright by T. Newman." Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps.
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Visual Materials
C.E. Watkins' wagon is visible at left of the railroad tracks. Forms panorama with 74.652.
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Visual Materials
Passengers boarding an American Airlines DC-7 aircraft at Los Angeles Airport. This is the Flagship Wisconsin, fleet number 323 on the nose landing gear door. A Volkwagen panel van is to the right.
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