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
Three women and a man at Eastlake Park (present-day Lincoln Park in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles, California).
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Charles Bush, standing, with a cigar in his mouth and a ribbon on his jacket. Behind him a man (I. P. Fisher) is speaking to a crowd gathered in Eastlake Park (present-day Lincoln Park in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles, California).
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I. P. Fisher speaking to a crowd gathered in Eastlake Park (present-day Lincoln Park in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles, California). He wears a ribbon on his jacket.
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A man and two children in a row boat on the lake at Eastlake Park (present-day Lincoln Park in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles, California), with a bandstand behind them.
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Visual Materials
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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Rare Books
Souvenir for attendees of "Iowa Day" picnic at Eastlake Park in Los Angeles on February 22, 1906. The pamphlet is printed in red and black and has a page with blank lines to list "Old aquaintances we met at the picnic." The pamphlet goes on to advertise the services of Frank C. Clark stating the quality of the agricultural properties he has for sale (with and without irrigation) as well as his 19 years of expertise in offering Eastern farmers practical advice about where and how to farm in California. Counties where he has properites for sale include: Marin, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo and in the San Joaquin Valley: Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Kings and Tulare.
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