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.
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Street view of the Castle Green Market at 2 East Green, at the corner of Green and Fair Oaks. Awnings shade the part of the store housing produce. Workmen work on the exterior of the store with ladders and hammers.
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Street view of Hidley's Bicycle House at 785 East Colorado. The store has large display windows showing off bicycles, bicycle equipment, scooters, and racquets. Signs in the window announce deals and promotions for the Christmas season, and several note that "Yes, we buy bicycles." Automobiles are parked on the adjacent street.
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Store front of the Model Grocery Company at 250 East Colorado, showing a window display of paper goods. The signs announce the offer of a free "doll store" with the purchase of each four roll carton of A.P.W. Satin Tissue.
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A view of a fountain in front of large bushes at Polytechnic Elementary School at 1030 East California. The fountain is made of a shallow tray on a pedestal, and has a statue of a long-necked bird perched in the center.
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Window display at Harold A. Parker Studio at 576 East Colorado for new Brownie cameras. Posters and signs announce that the Brownie now comes in five colors, and is available for as little as $3.00. A small sign for Rotary International is in the bottom right corner of the window.
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