Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Views of banquet rooms, ballrooms, nightclubs and bars.
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Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,893 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes.
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Views of the Palm Lounge banquet room, Palm kitchen, Sun Lounge banquet room (?), and miscellaneous guest rooms.
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Visual Materials
Exterior and interior views of hotel and bungalows, including Wilshire Boulevard facade, swimming pool, grounds and bungalows, dining and banquet rooms, chapel, and the Zephyr Room.
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Interiors of the hotel, including lobby, coffee shop, banquet room, and guest rooms.
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Visual Materials
Exteriors and interiors (guest rooms, bars).
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