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
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Visual Materials
The Harold A. Parker Studio Collection of Negatives consists of 5157 glass plate negatives, film negatives, and panoramic negatives, 1889-1949, that depict commercial, residential and landscape sites in and around Pasadena and Southern California. The images provide a look at the commercial, residential and social development of Pasadena and surrounding areas during the early years of the twentieth century. The collection is especially rich in images of residential architecture in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino; images of Lake Tahoe; depictions of, and activities at, the Raymond, Maryland, and Huntington Hotels in Pasadena; and the commercial, social and cultural landscapes of Pasadena. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century.
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A street view of the newly completed Singer Building at 520 East Colorado, next to the Pasadena Furniture Company building. Displays of sewing machines visible in the windows.
photCL 402 (28975)
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A street view of the newly completed Singer Building at 520 East Colorado, next to the Pasadena Furniture Company building. Displays of sewing machines visible in the windows. The building was completed on October 7, 1926, in 18 weeks.
photCL 402 (28977)
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Rainy day view of the F.R. McKinley Used Car Lot at 590 East Colorado. Stores in the adjacent building are Irene Hamilton, Milliner, and George Brown draperies. Tall building under construction in the background.
photCL 402 (25988)
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View of the Singer Building at 520 East Colorado during construction. The foundation seems to have been laid, and workmen are scattered across the construction site.
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Night view of the exterior of the Pasadena Furniture Company at 530 East Colorado.
photCL 402 (26598)