Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Road through citrus orchard going up to the house
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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View of a palm-lined drive with mountains in the background. The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "No. 131 Main drive leading through citrus orchard, about 1922."
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Image of palms on the San Marino Ranch. Rock wall that lines the road leading up to the house seen in background.
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View looking south along the beach at Santa Monica, California, with the Palisades bluff on the left, and the coast road below. Other piers can be seen in the distance, along with beach clubs and other buildings on the beach. The "99 steps" are leading down from the bluff in middle distance.
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View of the California Incline road, lined with wooden fence, leading from the Palisades bluff to the coast road along the beach at Santa Monica, California. The Long Wharf can be seen in the distance.
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Image of the Golden Gate Bridge as seen from the middle of the road looking up to the sky in San Francisco, California, hills can be seen in the distance at left.
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This collection consists of one photograph album with 48 photographs and 35 loose photographs (as well as some duplicates), with images depicting the Fair Oaks Ranch in Altadena, California, during the late 19th century. The ranch, owned by businessman and rancher James F. Crank, encompassed a vineyard, winery, and citrus orchards, along with a lavish residence and grounds. Subjects include interior and exterior views of the residence, landscaped grounds, trees, and plant life; members of the Crank family; ranch workers, including Chinese laborers, working in the orchards and vineyard, harvesting and packing fruit, drying apricots, and loading fruit onto horse-drawn carts; workers' quarters; the operations of the winery and distillery; and also a handful of sweeping views of the San Gabriel Mountains and the Altadena and Pasadena areas taken from vantage points on the property. The photographer of the album is unknown; some of the cabinet cards and stereographs have imprints from area photographers: C. McMurtrey (Item 80), C.B. Ripley (Items 73-74), and A.C. Varela (Items 76-78). Photographs in the album are cyanotype prints; the loose photographs include cyanotypes, cabinet cards, and stereographs.
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