Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Early Dominguez families and settlement of the Rancho San Pedro
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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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Manuscripts
Approx. 12 items, all but two are photographs, copies of photos, or negatives. Two sheets are headed "A synopsis of 200 years of Rancho Dominguez History" and "Captions" related to photos of the area that was once Rancho Dominguez. Many of the photos show the George Carson home, and Carson family members during period around 1890, others show laborers at work in the fields and with the livestock of Rancho Dominguez. Two photos show developments at the location into the 1970s (?), including Homestead Business Park.
mssLAT
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
mssSolano
Manuscripts
Parcel owners (Dominguez, McDonald, Watson, etc.) and boundaries indicated; land features; calculations around edges. Railroad Avenue & Wilmington Street. Title supplied by cataloger.
mssSolano SR_Map_0203.01
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
mssSolano
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
mssSolano
Manuscripts
Copy certified by S. H. Mott. Copied July 7, 1884 by Alfred Solano. Shows parcel owners, hachures, water ways. Insets with data tables for lots and meanders.
mssSolano SR_Map_0203.02