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
Image of spectators at the auto races bridge built over Ocean Avenue for the Santa Monica and Motordome auto contests in Santa Monica, California, on November 24, 1910. Trolley cars are visible in the background at left.
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Image of race car driver Ralph DePalma driving his Mercer number 5 and fighting for the lead around a curve on Nevada Avenue (now Wilshire Boulevard) in the Santa Monica road race at Santa Monica, California. The Number 25 car is seen behind, with spectators in the distance.
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Image of race car driver Ralph DePalma driving the Mercer number 5 in which he won the Santa Monica Road Race, medium car division, on a dirt road in Santa Monica, California, May 4, 1912, with a trolley car, palm trees, and spectators in the background.
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Image of the Edgewater Club in the foreground, with the Grand Hotel behind it, and the Hippodrome, Deauville Club, and Santa Monica Pier visible in the distance, on the beach in Santa Monica, California. A sign that reads "Grand Hotel" is visible on the south side of the Grand Hotel.
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Image of crowds of spectators watching race cars at the finish line of the Santa Monica Road Race in Santa Monica, California, on May 4, 1912. With streetcar tracks, trash, people climbing poles, a sign that reads "Start and Finish" and crowded grandstands visible.
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Image of automobiles, a bus, palm trees, and buildings along the 1300 block of Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California, with a sign for "Gigi's Specials" painted on a building at right and the 21-story 100 Wilshire office building in the distance.
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