Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
A view of the Colton train station with a train decorated with bunting and an American Flag with a large crowd of spectators. A man is standing at the rear of the train speaking and waving a flag.
photCL Pierce 01241
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A photographic copy of a print of the Drum Barracks with men standing around watching a camel being loaded. A man is holding a horse stands to the left.
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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.
photCL Pierce
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Four Hopi men in ceremonial dress and painted faces. Man at far left is holding a snake in his mouth.
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Image of three dramatic scenes consisting of a central image of a man holding a woman on a tree-lined path while pointing at a couple in the distance; a woman playing a piano in a parlor while a man looks on, a woman stands in the doorway, and a maid reaches to pick up a young boy; and a woman sitting in a chair in a parlor while holding her head, with a baby in a crib in the background; the poster may advertse
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A man seated at a desk covered with proofs and newspapers speaks with two standing men at the Los Angeles Times. One of the standing men is wearing a three piece suit and hat and holding a paper that the seated man is pointing at with his pencil. The other man is shorter, wearing a dark two piece suit and rests his hand on a camera that is on the desk.
photCL Whitt 1442 ; Whitt neg. 1225
