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
Street view of the Reo Motor Company at 300 South Fair Oaks. A large banner hangs over a display window, announcing "The Wolverine - Every inch an American". Automobiles are parked along the streets outside.
photCL 402 (30316)
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Street view of Pasadena Motor supplies store at 51 West Colorado. Supplies are on display in windows shaded by awnings. A man in a suit stands in the doorway of the store.
photCL 402 (32849)
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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.
photCL 402
Image not available
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.
photCL 402
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Truck carrying a Rickenbacker Brougham and banner advertising same, cost $1895, stopped in front of a church. The banner advertises for Pelton Motor Co. at 254 W. Colorado Street.
photCL 402 (25950)
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Street view of the Earley Bassett Chrysler/Plymouth dealership at 362 West Colorado. Along the street there is a long showroom with automobiles on display in the windows. The entrance to the shop in back is visible on the right. There is one car parked on the street in front of the dealership.
photCL 402 (31551)