Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Aerial view of speedway, with housing in background and oil fields in foreground.
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A race car going down Wilshire Boulevard near 14th Street, in Santa Monica, during the Santa Monica road race season. Spectators line the road, and houses can be seen in the background.
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A slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, facing north and east. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, across the landscape. Among the oil rigs there are streets of houses, as well as numerous vacant lots. There are railroad tracks on the far left side of the image. Small clouds of smoke or steam are coming out of the ground near one of the oil rigs in the foreground. Writing in white in the bottom left corner reads "No. 226 ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd."
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A very wide, slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, facing north and east. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, across the landscape. Among the oil rigs there are streets of houses, as well as numerous vacant lots. There are railroad tracks on the far right side of the image, and in the center, where the last seven tanker cars of a train are visible. Beyond the railroad tracks on the right there is a neighborhood of closely spaced houses without any oil rigs. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Photo no. 367 ; The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta ; Los Angeles Cal."
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Image of crowds including women and children walking near a Southern Pacific Railroad Company locomotive and passenger train and railroad tracks, with stacks of lumber in the foreground, in Santa Monica, California.
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View of a dirt road lined with eucalyptus trees.
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