Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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A view of the opening of the cable line to East Los Angeles with the cable car bedecked with flags and a group of spectators including many women in white dresses with flags and flowers.
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Photo of what appears to be a painting depicting cattle and men on horseback. with a few spectators at the side.
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A view of a group of charros/cabelleros riding down the street with crowds of spectators. There is one woman riding in the group sidesaddle.
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The C.C. Pierce collection constitutes one of the most important collections of historical photographs of early California and Los Angeles extant. The collection of 10,100 prints was assembled by Charles C. Pierce, a photographer and long-time operator of a thriving Los Angeles photographic business. The collection is divided into nine topical headings devised by Pierce; these include Los Angeles Historical; Indians; Missions; California cities, counties, etc.; Industries and Agriculture; Transportation; Natural History; Art and Architecture; and Miscellaneous Scenery. Within these large sections are smaller categories that focus on the history, landscape, people, civic and cultural events, built environment, and development of Southern California and the Southwest from approximately 1845-1930. Of particular interest are the various Indian tribes depicted as well as all twenty-one of the California Missions.
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Image of three scenes flanked by advertisement text and ship masts, a barrel, and anchor; bird's eye view of the bustling city of Chicago, Illinois, along the shore of Lake Michigan with docks, ships, and city buildings visible, bottom center; Native Americans on foot and on horseback with a rifle and spears look out over a lake and a settlement, top left; the city of Chicago engulfed in flames during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, top right.
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A view of a street congested with spectators, cariages and trolley cars. Many American flags are held by the spectators.
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