Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
A view of a brick house with a thached roof lean to in front. There is an Indian family under the lean to.
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Side-by-side stereograph image of a curved, dirt driveway leading up to the entrance of a Victorian home. Large shade trees on either side of the entrance obscure most of the house except for porch.
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View down Colorado Street in Pasadena, California, with the narrow dirt road lined with orchards and agricultural fields on each side. In the foreground is a shade tree with a wood bench built next to it. In the distance are scattered buildings.
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View from the street of the twelve-sided conical-roof house known as the "Round House," at 311 South Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with an African American child leaning against the fence at left and a prickly cactus tree on the front sidewalk.
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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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A view of the side of the very large four-story Shorb house on the San Marino Ranch. The house is light, with a dark roof and accents, and has a large wraparound porch. There are two groups of people on the right, one centered around a young boy on a pony, the other made up of three people and possibly a dog. There are two trees, including one that seems to be dead, in the foreground.
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