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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Image of the Plaza at Old Town in San Diego, California, with a Pan-Gas station in the distance.
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Image of a man standing amid antiques in front of Ye Old Curiosity Shoppe in Old Town in San Diego, California, with an adobe building in the distance with a sign that reads "Restaurant Casa de Machado" and a sign for "Ramona Auto Court"
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Photo of an one story adobe structure with a tile roof.
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Two albums containing ninety-seven photographs, chiefly by amateur photographer S. L. Walkley, of buildings and landscapes in Los Angeles County and San Diego County, California, in 1888. These professional-quality views by Walkley depict newly constructed buildings, street scenes, and the natural landscape, including the flora. These volumes may have been Walkley's own albums as they contain photographs of the construction and finished exterior of his residence on St. John Street in Pasadena, California. The albums include photographs of houses, hotels, streets, and buildings in Pasadena, California and the surrounding towns of Alhambra, San Gabriel, Whittier, and others as well as views of the Arroyo Seco, Little Santa Anita Canyon, Eaton Canyon, and the path to Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountain area. There are photographs of downtown Los Angeles; Hotel del Coronado and Old Town San Diego in San Diego County; and Avalon and Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island. Several photographs show African American trainers with camels and elephants as well as an open circus wagon containing lions (volume 1, items 37-40) These scenes may be associated with the Sells Brothers Circus, which visited Los Angeles in October 1888 (See also volume 2, item 31). There is one photograph of a train labeled "Tia Juana & N.C. & O. Rwy. Train" (volume 1, item 30), presumably referring to the National City & Otay Railroad, a subsidiary of the Santa Fe Railroad, formed in 1886, which connected downtown San Diego with the Sweetwater Dam (San Diego County), La Presa (San Diego County), and Tijuana (Mexico). Two photographs bear the imprint of C.W. Herr and depict street scenes in Provo, Utah and Ogden, Utah (volume 1, items 35 and 36).
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View of an adobe building on New High Street at the intersection with Republic at the base of Fort Moore Hill (also known as Fort Hill) in the Plaza neighborhood (also called Sonora Town) of downtown Los Angeles, California, on New High Street. The Banning mansion visible at the top and a sign reading "Herald" can be seen at lower right.
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Image of the entrance to the Plaza Hotel at 1637 Vine Street with Clara Bow's "It" Cafe located in the lobby in Hollywood, California. Automobiles are parked on the street, a banner hanging on a light post reads "Clara Bow and Rex Bill's 'It'," and signs for "Jack Bell Tailors Haberdasher," and "Mel's Dresses," are located next door.
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