Manuscripts

American Legion Auxiliary, Los Angeles Post #8 ledger

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Description: Handwritten ledger recording the early activities of the American Legion Auxiliary, Los Angeles Post #8, from the time of its founding in 1920 until 1948. Includes member rosters, letters, applications, certificates, copies of constitution and articles, annual reports, historian's reports, and historian's questionnaires (both blank and filled in).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1920-1948.
Call number: mssHM 75028
Creator: American Legion(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Elliott Mittler, April 12, 2011.
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American Legion Post no. 43, Hollywood, Cal

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Image of a Howitzer cannon in front of the American Legion Post No. 43 building at 2035 Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, with signs in the background for "Bowl Parking" and a billboard: "Peace and Prosperity are secure only in a nation devoted to the worship of God ... and Patriotism. American Legion."

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American Legion "Sewer Boat," Los Angeles

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Image of three members of the American Legion City Hall Post 387 and a dog in the bed of pickup truck bed, presumably decorated as a parade float, containing a boat labeled the "Honey Boat" and gas masks with a sign reading "it Took A Legionaire to do it, submarine fleet of City Hall Post, The Sewer Boat that made hazardous inspection thru Los Angeles Sewer, actual equipment used."

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American Legion Post no. 43, Hollywood, Cal

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Image of the exterior of the American Legion Post No. 43 building at 2035 Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, as seen from across the street, with American flags and a Howitzer cannon in front.

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Legion Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles. 1924

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A panoramic view of the Legion Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles, east of downtown. Several automobiles are parked among the low rolling hills, but most of the vehicles and people are concentrated on the speedway itself, which in the distance.

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George Connor at Legion Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles

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Signed photograph of race car driver George Connor, seated in a race car on the track at Legion Ascot Speedway in City Terrace, East Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles County ledger recording commercial licenses

Manuscripts

A ledger recording commercial licenses issued by the County of Los Angeles between 1852 and 1855. The licenses are for selling general merchandise; operating a restaurant; selling wine and liquor; and being a foot peddler. For each license granted, the ledger records the date of transaction, period of the license (mostly only good 3-6 months), person to whom it was granted, and fee paid to the County. Only 25 pages of the ledger are used, but they record about 400 transactions and seem to be a complete record of the period May 1852 to May 1855.

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American Legion Auxiliary, Los Angeles Post #8 ledger

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