Manuscripts
The city of the saints, and the city of the angels, or a trip to San Bernardino and Los Angeles
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The City of the Angels and the City of the Saints, or, A trip to Los Angeles and San Bernardino in 1856
Rare Books
471007
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Edward Otho Cresap Ord letter to Collis Potter Huntington
Manuscripts
Letter from Edward Ord in Mexico City to Collis Potter Huntington. Ord writes that he had met with Mexican president Manuel Gonzalez Flores, when Ord had apparently given him a proposition relating to the railroad. The proposition appears to have related to the route of a rail line, which would be partly constructed on private land. Ord writes that he made "this communication in confidence and as a matter of duty to my employers."
mssHM 40685
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Plans of Los Angeles, California
Manuscripts
Drawn plans of Fort Moore, Los Angeles, California, and the Ciudad of Los Angeles. Copied by Bert H. Cocks from originals by Edward Otho Cresap Ord and William R. Hutton in August 1849.
mssHM 84384-84385
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Thurston's auto road map of Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino Counties
Visual Materials
Old shelf number: Eph J2d. Submap: Ventura and Santa Barbara. MS note: Eph J2d. Verso Text: Map ephMPCALIF0125.
ephMPCALIF0126
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The Old Palms of San Pedro St. [Los Angeles]
Visual Materials
This album contains typical commercial photographs of the towns and scenery of California, Oregon and Washington dating from the 1890s. Of note are early views of San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Tacoma, and Seattle. There are also views of California missions and coastal landscapes. The Oregon photographs are of scenery only. Photographs of California include San Diego; Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego; Mission San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara; San Luis Obispo; Confederate general James Longstreet's Los Angeles home; the Bellevue Terrace Hotel; various Los Angeles homes; Pasadena; Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch; San Francisco city scenes; and wilderness en route to Oregon. Oregon photographs show images of the Columbia River; Mt. Hood; Latourell Falls; Multnomah Falls; and nature scenes. Photographs of Washington state include Tacoma; Green River; Native Americans from an unidentified tribe; Seattle; and Angeline, the daughter of Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe. Twenty-six of the pictures in this album were photographed by Isaiah West Taber and twenty-two were photographed by W.H.J. and Company. It may be that William H. Jeffers created those twenty-two photographs, as he was active in California during this time period. Other photographers who contributed to this album include Thomas H. Rutter, Charles B. Talbot, and Boyd & Braas (William F. Boyd and George H. Braas). The initials "E.B.R." and the year 1897 are embossed on the photo album's spine.
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