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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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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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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.
photCL 402
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Date built: 1930 Architect: Kaufmann, Gordon B. Landscape Architect: Council & Yoch Description: Interior and exterior views of Mediterranean style building. Publication(s): Athenaeum, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena," Architectural Digest, Vol. 8, No. 4, p. 9; California Arts and Architecture, Vol. 41, p. 15, Mar. 1932, "Athenaeum," by W. B. Munroe.
photCL 415
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View of a biplane flying over Throop Hall at the California Institute of Technology. Crowds are gathered on the steps of Throop Hall and on the grounds outside, with some shade being provided by parasols.
photCL 402 (37016)
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Date built: 1930 Architect: Kaufmann, Gordon B.; Goodhue, Bertram G. and Associates Landscape Architect:Council & Yock; Farrand, Beatrix Description: Various buildings on Cal Tech campus including Athenaeum, William G. Kerckhoff Laboratories of the Biological Sciences, Norman Bridge Physics Laboratory, and dormitories including Dabney House and Blacker House. Also details of stone cornices and columns around the Athenaeum. No copy prints for positives: 3534-3556, 3564 and 3568.
photCL 415
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Intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Chapman Avenue or East Pasadena, with Mountain View Service Station owned by John De Temple on the right. Electrical and telephone poles line the dirt road.
photCL 402 (25750)
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A slightly elevated panoramic view of the Bella Vista subdivision in East Los Angeles. There is a parking lot with trees parked around it on the left side of the image, and a lighted sign for the subdivision on the far right. There are lines of houses in the distance, with some houses under construction on the far right.
photCL 470 (081)