Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
View of an ostrich ranch in the San Fernando Valley, showing birds in a fenced area. Two large houses are in the distance.
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Bird's-eye-view of valley and mountains, showing ranch buildings, crops in fields and a few houses, including one in the foreground with a cupola. The Los Angeles River appears to be visible among trees in the middle of the image.
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A slightly elevated panoramic view of the San Fernando Valley. There are a few buildings and orchards in the foreground, but most of the development is in the valley basin. Streets of houses are laid out on both sides of the hill in the center of the photograph, with the area on the left having more houses and trees than the area on the right. A note written in white in the bottom left corner reads "Pierce 8001".
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View of new community of Girard in the West San Fernando Valley, showing a few houses and trees dotted in the landscape. This location is present-day Woodland Hills.
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View of Girard and Owensmouth in the West San Fernando Valley, looking north from the summit of Topanga Canyon Highway. The canyon road leads to the San Fernando Valley, showing houses and trees in an open landscape. The town called Girard became present-day Woodland Hills.
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Manuscripts
50+ items: large collection of LAT articles and material from books and magazines including Travel & Leisure, Westways, California Historical Society Quarterly, etc., on the history of San Fernando Valley, land and water deals, etc. Notable items: 25-pp. copied from book, History of the San Fernando Valley, Frank Keffer, 1934 ; tear sheet, Westways, 4/1963, "Wheat ruled the Valley" ; tear sheet, Westways, 5/1963, "The Men who opened the Valley" ; 24-pp. copied from The California Historical Society Quarterly, 3/1968, incl. article, "Pioneering land development in the Californias..." with material on Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler ; tear sheets from Westways, 4/1974, "A. Workman's Ranch," includes information of early Valley pioneers including Isaac Lankershim and Isaac Van Nuys ; tear sheet, Travel & Leisure, 8/1976, "The Valley" ; 14-pp. sheets copied from The San Fernando Valley, book, ca. 1976.
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