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Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric Railroad
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Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Railway Co. letter to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: Minutes of Meetings of Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Railway Co. Board of Directors, 1899-1902.
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Los Angeles Railway Company letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Enclosure: 1902 June 12 letter had copy of letter from C.A. Henderson to J.D. Bicknell, 1902 June 12. Also: Estimate of Cost of Construction, single track railway…between South Pasadena and Monrovia, 1901 June 17; newspaper clipping re: sale of railway franchise; map of Central Avenue, 6th, and Easton Street area occupied by the Pacific Electric Railway Co. power house, etc., and blueprint showing property of George W. Frink on Central Avenue; unexecuted lease between Los Angeles Land Co. and Los Angeles Railway Company, 1904 November 15; copy of letter from S.M. Kennedy to District Managers of Southern California Edison Co., 1924 June 14; printed article by Willis Owen, "Knocking the Peak Off," 1924; copy of letter from Huntington to William E. Dunn, 1924 July 15. Subjects: California real estate.
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California. Railroad Commission letters to Los Angeles Railway Corporation
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Also: copy of letter from Los Angeles Railway Corporation to C.A. Henderson, 1918 May 9, and memo.
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Los Angeles Railway Corporation letter to Moody's Investors Service
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Subjects: Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric Railway bonds.
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Los Angeles Railway Company agreement with Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway Company
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The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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Bicknell, Gibson & Trask (firm) letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: copy of suggested letter to be written by Huntington to John Boyd, 1904 November 22. Subjects: Los Angeles Traction Railway Co.; Pacific Electric Railway; Mount Lowe right-of-way.
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