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The City of the Angels and the City of the Saints, or, A trip to Los Angeles and San Bernardino in 1856
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
American solider Edward Otho Cresap Ord gives an account of his travels through California, to San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara in particular. He was under orders to "make sundry examinations and investigations" in that region. He arrived at Santa Barbara via the coasting steamer "Sea Bird," and makes much observation of the native people. Dated 1849, August.
mssHM 40683
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Facsimile."Los Angeles City Map No. 1. Lieutenant E. O. C. Ord's 1849 survey of the "Cuidad de Los Angeles," reproduced by the Historical Society of Southern California, from the original map, through the courtesy of Robert Dominguez, City Clerk of Los Angeles, in whose office the original is preserved. $148.70" Prime meridian: Gm. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Manuscripts
Letter from Edward Ord in Mexico City to Collis Potter Huntington. Ord writes that he had met with Mexican president Manuel Gonzalez Flores, when Ord had apparently given him a proposition relating to the railroad. The proposition appears to have related to the route of a rail line, which would be partly constructed on private land. Ord writes that he made "this communication in confidence and as a matter of duty to my employers."
mssHM 40685
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Visual Materials
The Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, 1814-1979, consists of 1204 photographs and 23 photographs albums. The three most substantial categories of images in this collection are views of Santa Catalina Island; Banning family properties and residences in southern California; and portraits of family members and relatives. Of special significance are the Catalina photographs documenting the development of the island from a natural enclave with a few inhabitants to a thriving tourist resort. Volume 7 in the Family Album section contains images of the devastating effects of the Catalina fire of 1915. Also of particular interest are photographs of the George S. Patton family.
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