Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Image of a portion the Miramar Hotel on Ocean Avenue lined with palm trees, at the corner with California Avenue, with the six-story brick Palisades Wing in the background in Santa Monica, California. A sign posted on Ocean Avenue reads "Hotel Miramar and Apartments dining room open to public" and a curb in front reads "Ocean Ave. 1100 Blk."
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This hotel was formerly the Painter Hotel, and was built in 1887 at the corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Washington Boulevard, Pasadena. The name was changed to La Pintoresca Hotel around 1891 (see notes). This view shows the front facing onto Fair Oaks Avenue, with palm trees at the sidewalk and foliage around the porch.
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Street view of North Lake Avenue, at about Woodbury Road. Houses and telephone/electrical poles line the street, with a sign on the corner advertising the lot as for sale by Dr. G.B. Ward.
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Mountain Avenue (now Avenue 64) to the west, San Gabriel Ave (Blvd.) to the east, Alhambra Ave to the south, (Loma Alta, unnamed) to the north. William R. Staats Co. advertising in the surround. Street directory. "Copyright 1903 by W. W. Benedict and W. S. Woodworth. William R. Staats Co., Investment Bankers and Brokers." MS lines and notes.. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Folded into gray board cover..
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Image of the Santa Monica City Hall located at 1685 Main Street in Santa Monica, California, with automobiles and a parking lot with palm trees at left and a sign reading "Police Department" at right.
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View of the exterior of the Hawaiian Paradise nightclub and cafe at 7566 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California, at night, with an illuminated neon sign in the shape of a palm tree.
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