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
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Visual Materials
The collection consists of 809 portrait photographs in a variety of formats. It is a reference collection of individual and group portraits and contains portraits of both prominent and lesser-known Los Angelenos and Southern Californians from both the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection contains images created by a number of well-known California photographers.
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Exterior view of hotel with figures posed at entrance and on balcony.
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Image of male high-wire walker Harold Alzana performing two acts on a high wire tightrope including one with two female aerialists suspended from a bicycle; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at lower left; one layer of a photomechanical print of a portion of a figure wearing a tuxedo and top hat started on verso.
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Image of a man in mariachi attire and a sombrero playing guitar and singing; building with water fountain and palms in background; decorated vase at bottom right, wrapped Sunkist orange logo at bottom left.
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Image of a group portrait of a female musical group dressed in formal gowns and seated in a row under a loggia with a lake and trees in the background, with some playing musical instruments including violins, a flute, horn, harp, and cello and accompanied by one male member seated in the center and two male members in blackface at each end also playing instruments; thirteen vignettes with head-and-shoulder portraits of the female performers in formal dress above the central image.
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Image of umbrella box label with four panels with gold scrollwork borders; two panels feature a central star with clouds and a burst of rays radiating outward; left panel features a large image of Hercules with a club with a scene of cherubs under an umbrella below and a man and woman walking under an umbrella in a rainy park-like setting above; panel second from right features a celestial female goddess or angel-like figure with white robe and streaming hair surrounded by flowers, rays and cherubs with garlands and a pair of cherubs under an umbrella below.
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