Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
A panoramic view of the lake at Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in Los Angeles. There is a boathouse on the far side of the lake, and several canoes out on the water. Beyond the trees of the park there is a tall building under construction on the right, and several tall buildings on the left.
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View of the gardens, trees, gazebo, and lake of Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in Los Angeles, California, with houses visible in the distance.
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View of a sailboat, rowboat, and canoe on a lake in Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in Los Angeles, California, with people in a gazebo in a park and horse-drawn carriages visible on the shore.
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View of canoes, a sailboat, and rowboats on a lake in Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in Los Angeles, California, with people in a gazebo in a park, horse-drawn carriages, a streetlight, and large houses visible on the shore.
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View of the Westlake Hotel at 720 Westlake Avenue in Los Angeles, near what was called Westlake Park. A sign says "The Westlake Hotel" on the roof edge. A boy plays in the dirt street in front.
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An album of 28 photographs of a well-off Los Angeles family and their expansive, richly appointed home directly across the street from Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in Los Angeles. The photographs were likely taken shortly before American businessman Homer Laughlin bought the home, as a handwritten caption notes it was sold to Laughlin of "East Liverpool, Ohio." Images include photographs of the exterior and various interior rooms, showing furniture, a grand piano, several angles of the parlor, the dining hall, "Papa's Room," and the children's room. Other photographs depict the lush garden around the home, often including children Marion and Elizabeth playing or picking "California wildflowers" with their grandmother Louisa and other family members, including one of "Papa" labeled with the initials "E. G. J." The family home's address is given as 9th Westlake Avenue, possibly what is current day Alvarado Street. Other photographs include women in fancy Victorian dress, images of Westlake Park, the bells of San Gabriel Mission, and a group photograph of "the Dane family, Pasadena." This is most likely Ezra Dane (1828-1921) and family at their "Sunny Ridge" residence.
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