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Los Angeles Railway Company letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description

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.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1900-1927
Call number
mssHEH
Creator
Huntington, Henry Edwards (1850-1927)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Edwin L. Lewis, November 1939.
Gift of Louise Ward Watkins, July 1946.
Gift of Collis Holladay, April 1967.
Gift of Mrs. Collis H. Holladay, 1977-1981.
Gift of Clifford Henry, May 1978.
Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, 1978-1992.
Gift of Charles Apfelbaum, April 1981.
Gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., December 1981.
Purchased from Alta California, March 1982.
Gift of Pasadena Public Library, December 1985.
Provenance unknown. In library as of Frances Russell, January 1986.
Gift of March 2001.
Restrictions
IN PROCESS COLLECTION:
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Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Barton, Loren Roberta, (1893-1975,)
Cohen, Alfred A. (1829-1887,)
Crocker, Charles, (1822-1888,)
Duveen, Joseph Duveen, (1869-1939,)
Farrand, Max, (1869-1945,)
Graham, Charles E., (1868-1938,)
Hale, George Ellery, (1842-1920,)
Hapgood, George D., (1878-1966,)
Hellman, Isaias W. (1813-1878,)
Hertrich, William, (1868-1952,)
Hopkins, Mark, (1850 or 1851-1924,)
Hunt, Myron, (1821-1900,)
Huntington, Arabella Duval, (1843-1918,)
Huntington, Collis Potter, (1855-1937,)
Mahl, William, (1868-1953,)
Mellon, Andrew W. (1765-1848,)
Metcalf, Edwards H. (1856-1927,)
Miles, George E., (1870-1920,)
Millikan, Robert Andrews, (1824-1893,)
Otis, Harrison Gray,
Patton, George S.
Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937,
Smith, George D.
Stanford, Leland,
Tweed, Charles H.,
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