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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The grand lady of Boyle Heights : a history of St. Mary's Church, Los Angeles
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Rare Books
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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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Visual Materials
Photographic copies of original photographs showing the exterior and interior of St. Mary's Church, located at 4th and Chicago streets, Boyle Heights, and dedicated in 1897. Also includes scenes of parish life, Father Joseph Barron, a group photograph of priests, St. Mary's Convent.
photPF 2377-2386
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photCL 400 volume 2 & volume 3
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Rare Books
The Southern California Regional Planning Collection was donated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Department, George Marr, Edward Holden, Glen Blossom, Simon Eisner, and Glenda Hamilton to the Huntington Library in 1997. The Southern California Regional Planning Collection is organized into two series: 1) Published Planning Reports Series (organized by individual item numbers) 2) Internal Documents Series (organized by box and folder numbers).The Published Planning Reports Series contains 1,913 individual items that were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, and other planning agencies and organizations in Southern California. Type of reports include annual reports, area study, comprehensive planning reports, census, conference papers, general plans, guides to zoning and subdivision, planning proposals, traffic and environmental surveys, zoning ordinance, etc. The date range of this series is 1909 to 2003.The Internal Documents Series contains approximately 913 items in 14 Hollinger boxes. Similar to the Published Planning Reports Series, the majority of the documents were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission and Department of Regional Planning, followed by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. Type of documents include census reports, conference papers, maps, memorandums, minutes, photos, plans, reports, speeches, summaries, etc. The date range is 1924 to 2000.
605982
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Manuscripts
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) Photographer: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 "49"--photo number. Photographer stamp on verso. Title transcribed from image.
photPF 24401
Visual Materials
Customers and vendors outside the White Sox baseball park in Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, California. A food truck says "Tamales" and people are seen eating and drinking from bottles. Sign on the stadium says "Winter League grand opening Oct. 9th.1939. Home of the Colored Elite Giants, White Sox Park."
photCL_555_06_1524
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Various cabinet card photographs of Los Angeles, including a series of four images showing digging and laying track for the First Street cable railway in central Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), 1880s. Other photographs in this folder: Grounds of J. M. Workman, Boyle Heights; panoramic view of Los Angeles from the road to San Gabriel by Carleton Watkins; view of Los Angeles Railway Company car on Fifth Street, Los Angeles; Ostrich Farm; image of various Native American water baskets, taken by photographer Jarvis, Pasadena, California.
photPF 610-619