Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The county of Los Angeles
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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
photCL 400 volume 2 & volume 3
Additional Formats
A famous view of Los Angeles looking north from the location of the present day 101 Freeway with the plaza church in the left background and many well known buildings in the surround. Sticker: B-V/ M-8. Sticker: B-V/ M-8. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Manuscripts
Folder contains ephemera from the McGuire Manufacturing Company and a rain chart for Southern California, from 1872 to 1899. Subjects: Los Angeles County, Los Angeles City, railroad equipment.
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Manuscripts
"La Reina: Los Angeles in Three Centuries, A Volume Commemorating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles," includes a pasted-in card announcing the consolidation of Security Trust & Savings and Los Angeles - First National Trust & Savings Bank, 1929; "Los Angeles County - California," pamphlet with statistics and map of Los Angeles area, circa 1931; "The Romance of the Ranchos," published by the Title Insurance and Trust Company, includes fold-out map of early ranchos, circa 1934; "Los Angeles County, California," pamphlet with statistics and photographs, circa 1938.
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Manuscripts
"Los Angeles County California," booklet "published by the Board of supervisors of Los Angeles County and circulated by the Los Angeles County Chamber of Commerce," includes stern warning to "the mere job seeker," 1939; "Then and Now: 100 Landmarks within 50 miles of Los Angeles Civic Center," booklet "published by the Board of supervisors of Los Angeles County and circulated by the Los Angeles County Chamber of Commerce," 1939; "Los Angeles, 1900 - 1961," published by the History Division, Los Angeles County Museum, 1961; "The End of An Era: Los Angeles County's Old Hall of Records 1911 - 1973," published by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1973; "Los Angeles Telephone Co. Los Angeles Exchange," reproduction of 1882 phone list, circa 1982; "The Historians of Los Angeles," keepsake booklet created for the Historical Society of Southern California Gala, written and signed by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr.,1988.
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