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 horse-drawn Rose Parade float entitled "Pasadena the best on Earth", with a large flower-covered globe. The horses are draped with cloth with the words "Pasadena Reatly Board" on the side. One of the horses has an African American man dressed in white holding its bridle.
photCL 402 (37008A)
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1928 Tournament of Roses float from Richfield Oil Company float. The float is shaped like a plane, and spelled out on the side is "Spirit of California" and "Richfield". A man dressed as an aviator crouches near the front of the float.
photCL 402 (30857A)
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Image of two girls dressed in uniforms, with one holding a drum, on a train float decorated with flowers at the Ocean Park Baby Parade in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California. A sign with "Engine model of 1862" is seen on the side of the float.
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Image of two girls dressed in uniforms, with one holding a drum, with a train float decorated with flowers at the Ocean Park Baby Parade in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California. A sign with "Engine model of 1862" is seen on the side of the float. In the background a float has the sign "Mickey Mouse Band."
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Image of a woman dressed in an American flag sash and touching a globe on a float at the Ocean Park Baby Parade in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California. There is a sign on the front of the float that reads "Columbia Outfitting Co. Santa Monica."
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