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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
A man and two women standing on the porch of a two-story house in Artesia, California.
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Visual Materials
Katherine Beecher Stetson, as a little girl, wearing a light dress and bonnet, sits astride a horse in front of the long, one-story barn building of Willis Masters in Pasadena, California.
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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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Visual Materials
Anne Patton sits on a grass lawn playing with a wooden stable toy set, with a small doll sitting in the foreground just right of center, and a dark horse next to the play set. Anne, who looks like she is between seven and twelve here, is wearing a dark dress with a wide sailor-style collar and a shallow, wide brimmed straw hat, with her blond hair in two braids the reach just past her shoulders. There is a dog sitting on the grass in the background.
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Manuscripts
A portrait of a small, light-colored dog with a dark face and ears seated on a metal framed chair with a padded seat cushion. The dog is sitting facing the camera, with his or her head turned in profile to the left, and is wearing a dark collar with bells hanging from it. The chair is placed on a boarded walkway, with a wooden gate behind it.
mssLattaS, Box 117, Folder 10, Item 1
Visual Materials
A view of a two story house with a huge climbing rose over the porch. In front of the house a young woman holds a pinto horse; a pug dog is sitting on the horse's back, and another older woman stands behind the horse.
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