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Visual Materials
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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This 1887 view of East De La Guerra Street shows the old Antonio Arrellanes adobe and an arc-light on a high wooden pole.
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The interior of the Steam Plant of the Santa Barbara Electric Light Company, about 1887, showing Tony De La Torre, plant engineer. Pg. 19.
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Raising a power pole using gin-poles and lots of muscle, during construction of the line to Perris, 1912. Pg. 81.
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The 1968 removal of distribution poles from Euclid Avenue in Ontario was done as part of Edison's undergrounding program. Pg. 231
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The sophisticated electric ranges of the 1960s were a far cry from the first Hotpoint of 1915. Pg. 214.
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Exterior of the Santa Barbara Steam Plant of the United Electric, Gas and Power Co., built 1901 on Castillo Street near the ocean. Pg. 19.
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