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
A large agave plant and cabbage tree planted in front of an oak tree on a manicured lawn.
photCL 6
Visual Materials
A group portrait of the 1935 graduating class of Polytechnic Elementary School at 1030 East California. The class is made up of 12 boys and 17 girls. They are posed in three rows next to a sundial and in front of two trees.
photCL 402 (35692)
Visual Materials
Three photographs labeled "Agave attenuata", "Agave attenuata N. R-52", and "Agave attenuata close up of flowers" mounted on a black page. Commonly referred to as a "foxtail" agave, due to the appearance of the flower stem (inflorescence) which Hertrich is here supporting in the picture on the left. William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949.
photCL 107 vol1 pg3
Visual Materials
A person standing next to a tall agave plant, with inflorescence (flower stem) three times the height of the man. The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "Agave atrovirens, Z-93."
photCL 107 vol2 pg72
Manuscripts
Black and white photograph of a group of men on a tour of the Los Angeles Times plant standing in front of portrait of Harrison Gray Otis. Portrait appears to be Image Number 000003. Photo has been marked up and cropped for publication, bottom center is torn. Bottom third of photo is scratched, with "X" on face of man to left and on shirt of man on right.
mssLAT 000064
Visual Materials
A man poses next to an automobile, parked on the street in front of a white, two-story house. This is probably Pasadena, and the mountains in the background are probably the San Gabriel Mountains.
photCL 402 (30629)