Also: letters from Los Angeles Railway Company to Henry E. Huntington, 1903; pencil sketch. Subjects: Myron Hunt, Huntington building, 12th and Main Streets, Los Angeles, Pacific Light and Power Corporation, Pacific Electric Railway Co., Los Angeles and Redondo Railway Company, M. Paul Martin.
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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The blueprints range from standard prints to materials removed from volumes of varying condition, and facsimiles. This subseries contains the plans for Huntington's San Marino residence, which includes the blueprints of each level of the house. The blueprints show the involvement of architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey. The private residence plans detail the construction of the Shorb residence by architect Fred R. Dorn and details each level of the house. The plans for the railroad equipment reveal the capital resources employed by the Pacific Electric Railway Co., Los Angeles Railway Co., Pullman Company, and St. Louis Car Company. Finally, the plans for the Pacific Electric building include ephemera, specifically letters from the Los Angeles Railway Company to Huntington, dated 1903, and the infrastructural activity of the Pacific Light and Power Corporation, Pacific Electric Railway Co., and the Los Angeles and Redondo Railway Company.
Also: newspaper clipping regarding fraudulent charity solicitors; letter from Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey to Henry E. Huntington, 1908 October 2; copy of letter from J.H. Adams & Co. to Los Angeles Railway Co., 1911 March 14. Subjects: extortion attempt on Los Angeles Railway Co., Isaias W. Hellman, real estate in California.
