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
Close up of a combination steam harvester in a field. There are six men riding aboard the harvester and one in the field leaning against a wheel.
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Visual Materials
A horse-drawn cart and two laborers in the middle of a vineyard, seen from a distance. Mountains in the background.
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Visual Materials
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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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 88 large rolled maps drawn chiefly by Félix Violé; the maps are of Los Angeles city, county, and surrounding areas. There are 10 brown line prints but the majority of the maps are in black ink on tracing cloth; these maps were probably the masters on which his published maps were based. The collection also includes maps drawn by Homer Hamlin, T. G. Koeberle, and Fernand Rouseyrol.
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Visual Materials
A group of men with horse-drawn and steam operated harvesting equipment in a field.
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Visual Materials
The two-story residence of Nathaniel C. Carter on the Willow Dale estate in San Gabriel (now San Marino, California), with porch, sits on a gentle slope with a fenced-in garden in front. To the left, a horse-drawn carriage and a woman astride another horse, and a vineyard is planted in the foreground.
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