Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Group portrait of uniformed staff of the Hill Street Theatre in Los Angeles, California, standing outdoors against a building wall, with thirteen female ushers standing in a row before nine male staff members. The uniforms include labels of usher for the women and footman, director, superintendent, and doorman for the men. Some identification of various people written in pencil on verso of image. Also on verso of image: "For Van Potter."
photOV 11426
Visual Materials
Image of a full-length portrait of minstrel show performer Carroll Johnson standing in formal dress in a theater lobby with a sign for his performance and four portraits of blackface minstrel characters with three captioned "Uncle Jeff," Pretty Little Kate," and "Man Wreck Oh" hanging on the wall behind him.
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A view of the dining room in the west end of the Patton residence in San Marino. There is a heavy, oval-shaped wooden table slightly left of center surrounded by four chairs with cushioned seats. Four more matching chairs are lined up against the wall in the background, below a painted portrait of a woman, and in front of a small fireplace. There is a chandelier hanging over the table, a screen decorated with a peacock on the right, and a heavy wooden sideboard on the left.
photCL 282 (214a)
Visual Materials
A Chinese man stands in front of a tree, a piece of paper with Chinese characters hung on the tree over his head. To the left, the front door of an adobe building, several bamboo conical hats hung on the outer wall. To the right, a wooden table and miscellaneous items. In the background is a wooded area.
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Manuscripts
A studio group portrait of nine young women, four young men, and one older man with a mustache (possibly a high school graduating class?). The group is arranged in three rows, with the young women seated in the first two and the men standing behind them.
mssLattaS, Box 116, Folder 6, Item 1
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Visual Materials
A view of the parlor in the first Wilson family house at the Lake Vineyard Ranch. There are large, decorative rugs covering the floor, four upholstered chairs, a table in the far corner, and a fireplace. There is a large cabinet filled with books against the wall on the left, and a portrait of a bald man in a black suit just left of center.
photCL 282 (85)