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 passengers riding the Thompson Gravity Switchback Railroad at the Arcadia Hotel near the beach in Santa Monica, California, with the Ocean Avenue face of the hotel visible.
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Image of the Thompson Gravity Switchback Railroad, which traveled across the ravine between the Arcadia Hotel (not pictured) and the north side of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. The Santa Monica Hotel is seen at center left of image across the bridge and a railroad track and train are seen at right.
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Image of the front of the Arcadia Hotel facing east along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California, with a courtyard and garden. The sign on the hotel says "Hotel Santa Monica." Only three of the five stories of the hotel can be seen from the east face.
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Image of the front of the Arcadia Hotel facing east along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California, with a courtyard and garden. Only three of the five stories of the hotel can be seen from the east face.
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View of people standing on a bridge over a ravine on Ocean Avenue, with the Arcadia Hotel in the background. A horse and buggy are stopped on the bridge, which also has railroad tracks going across it.
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Image of an African American boy standing in front of a group of people on the front porch of the Santa Monica Hotel on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California. A sign for the hotel that reads "Santa Monica Hotel" can be seen on the south side of the front building facing Railroad Avenue (present day Colorado Boulevard.).
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