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 Pasadena Public Library at 285 East Walnut, taken from Garfield Avenue. A few cars are parked on the street in front of the building.
photCL 402 (29097)
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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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A young woman poses in front of an Essex Sedan parked on the street in front of Pasadena Public Library at 285 East Walnut. The young woman is wearing a knee-length sleeveless dress and leaning on the driver's side door of the automobile.
photCL 402 (29915)
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Street view of the Pasadena Public Library at 285 East Walnut, taken from Garfield. In the foreground, the street is lined with parked automobiles. In the background, the San Gabriel Mountains are visible.
photCL 402 (32166)
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Street view of the Model Cleaners at 2955 East Colorado, with three delivery trucks parked in front. A man in a suit and tie stands on the sidewalk outside the cleaners.
photCL 402 (32848)
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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.
photCL 402 (32847)