Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Street view of Sunset Boulevard at the corner with Laurel Canyon. There is a drugstore at the corner, and across the street is a bakery, a dry cleaners, a hair salon, and a florist. Next to the florist is an entrance to a parking lot with an arch overhead.
photCL 402 (33631)
Visual Materials
View of the interior of a shop (a drug store?) near the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Laurel Canyon. There is a long counter with a row of stools on the right, and a slightly blurred man behind the counter. The rest of the area is filled with displays of merchandise.
photCL 402 (33632)
Visual Materials
A slightly elevated view of Carpenter's Drive-in Restaurant at the corner of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The lot around the octagonal building is filled with parked automobiles, and there are a few servers among the vehicles. The lot behind the restaurant is vacant, and behind that is a netted-in driving range.
photCL Whitt 0724 ; Whitt neg. 0600
Visual Materials
A slightly elevated panoramic view of Hollywood, Los Angeles, facing east. The street in the middle of the photograph is Hollywood Boulevard, with (Mann's or Grauman's) Chinese Theatre at the bottom of the picture, and the El Capitan farther away. The "Hollywoodland" sign is visible in the distance. A note written in white in the bottom left corner reads "Pierce 8016". The negative has been distorted and is oddly colored.
photCL 470 (022)
Visual Materials
Street view of the northwest corner of California and Lake, showing California Pharmacy at 575 South Lake. Other businesses visible are the Two Sisters Bakery, Lee's 5 and 10, and Tip Top Cleaners. A few automobiles are parked on the side of the street.
photCL 402 (36102F)
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Manuscripts
2 items: clip from LAT, 12/18/1988, photos (2) and brief essay on Sunset Blvd. with headline, "Street of Contrasts in a Changing L.A." and referral to Page 20, where the story "Sunset Boulevard...epitome of L.A." was also clipped.
mssLAT
