Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of streets, electrical poles and railroad tracks at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Venice Boulevard in Venice, California. Signs read "Standard Oil Company of California" and "Pan American Petroleum" and "Venice business district."
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Landscape view of Venice, California, looking north on Pacific Avenue from the vicinity of Washington Boulevard. The Sunset Pier, Venice Pier, Lick Pier and Ocean Park Pier are in the distance, and many houses are in the neighborhood. Signs are visible for the "Venice Industrial Emergency Hospital," "Flag Petroleum Corp. Ltd.," and "Herndom Realty Co."
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A panoramic photograph of the Japanese American incarceration camp at Manzanar, California, known as the War Relocation Center. The image was taken from a tower along the camp boundary, and shows rows of military-style bunkers, dirt roads, and surrounding desert, with the Sierra Nevada Mountains prominent in the background; no people appear in the photograph. The print is titled and credited in the lower left corner, part of which says: "Copyrighted by Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises, Inc." This was a prisoner-run co-op established in 1943 with the War Relocation Authority. Cameras were not allowed to be used by prisoners, so a cooperative photo studio was established to centralize these services. The studio, run by Toyo Miyatake, performed all work for the school annuals and for WRA administrators. It is likely this image was printed by Toyo Miyatake while he was imprisoned there. It is not signed by him, but Archie Miyatake (Toyo's son), stated in a later interview that panoramic photographs were most often stamped with Manzanar Cooperative and that Toyo signed only smaller size prints.
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Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 1052 on the Venice line in Santa Monica, California. Signs on the front of the streetcar read "Venice Short Line," and "limited to vineyard."
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Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 952, on the Venice line, on tracks in vicinity of Venice and Santa Monica, California. Sign on front of car says "Venice Line."
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Manuscripts
This is the yearbook for Manzanar High School in 1945. This yearbook was published after the relocation center was closed as the messages from the Project Director, Superintendent of Education, Principal, and Vice Principal all discuss the students' futures and their going "back to the everyday life of the homes and schools of America to work with others in building a better America." It belonged to Miss Arlin Hooper, the Science and Girls' P.E. teacher. It is signed by several students, often with notes to "Miss Hooper."
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