Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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A panoramic view of an oil field in Torrance. There are about a dozen oil wells in the foreground, and another two dozen in the distance on the right. There is a shed at the base of each well, and a few houses scattered across the landscape. The major road in the photograph is labeled "Torrence [sic] & Redondo Rd." Writing in white at bottom of image reads "Torrance Oil Field ; looking So & West from Torrance #1 'CCMO'." More writing to the right of that reads "Phot no 252 ; The C.C. Pierce Co. ; 1512 W. Pico, L.A. ; 4-17-1923".
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A panoramic view of a pier and adjacent beaches in Huntington Beach. There are numerous people on the boardwalk and the beach, and a few in the water. Behind the rows of houses and buildings, there are fields of oil wells on the left. Stamp at bottom of image reads "Huntington Beach Calif ; Nov. 11. 1924." Writing in white in bottom left corner reads "No 101601".
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A panoramic view of the Fourth of July crowd at the beach in Long Beach. There are hundreds of people, in a mixture of suits and dresses and bathing suits. Many of the people are sitting beneath beach umbrellas or shaded beach chairs, while a couple dozen are in the water. The Pike, an amusement park with shops and rides, is on the far left, and the end of a roller coaster extends over the water at the right edge. In the distance a pier extends into the water, with the Sun pavilion at the far end. A white stamp in the bottom left corner reads "Pettit's Studio ; commercial photographers ; 1416 W. Pico Blvd. ; Richmond 8534 ; Los Angeles 15, Calif." Another white stamp below that reads "Jul 4 1924".
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A panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill. There are about two dozen oil rigs, or derricks, in the foreground, with many more visible on the far right. There is a small reservoir of water in the bottom left corner, and a spray of smoke or steam coming out of the oil rig to the right of it. A large tent is on the right, with sheds to its right and left. There are streets of houses in among the derricks, and a few buses parked on the nearest street. Many of the rigs in the foreground are labeled with their names and a number that represents their output, by the barrel. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Tobin # 2 "Signal Hill" Long Beach, Cal.", while a small note just left of that reads "No 264".
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View from the porte cochère to the thick vegetation immediately to the north of the Huntington residence. MS note on verso reads "HEH grounds: drive and residence, with rockery."
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A panoramic view of the M.O. Davis Ranch in the San Fernando Valley. There are large patches of cleared land, possibly fields, at the base of the mountains in the background, but most of the land in the foreground is rough terrain covered in brush. A car is parked on a rise on the far left side of the photograph. Ms. note in white in bottom right corner reads "Photo No 538 ; The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta ; Los Angeles, Cal." The area of the photographs above the mountains seems to have been whited out.
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