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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A view from Sixth and Figueroa streets in Los Angeles looking north to the San Gabriel mountains with houses and apartment buildings. On the street are two cars and a wagon with two horses.
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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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Group of people on horseback, standing, and on a wagon in front of tent and houses.
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Southeast corner of the 1st Street and Broadway intersection. Bancroft-Whitney Company, publisher of law books, has a place on the 1st Street side. Ogee's restaurant at the corner with Mexico City Cafe to the right. Los Angeles Transit Lines' Line 6 bus going north on Broadway. 1949-50 Ford wagon leaving the intersection at left. Los Angeles Times building complex in surrounding background.
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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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