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Letter from William S. Lyon in Los Angeles, California, to John W. Vandervort, an early owner of property on Mount Wilson. Lyon writes to let Vandervort know that his two plants are ready for spring delivery, and that he hopes the recent frosts did not kill his poinsettia and hibiscus plants. Also includes an invoice for one hibiscus and one euphorbia plant, as well as delivery charges to Pasadena.
mssHM 72846
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Harry Chandler letter written to Eddie Mannix of MGM Studios asking him to meet for a luncheon of "considerable civic importance," taking place on February 18, 1941, at the Board of Directors Room in the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, "about which your advice and cooperation is needed." Eddie Mannix was known as a "fixer" who covered for Hollywood stars' indiscretions to protect the reputation of the film studio. Written on Los Angeles Times letterhead and signed by Harry Chandler.
mssHM 84153
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A collection of material related to Henry William O'Melveny and his various law firms. The collection includes correspondence, business files, financial documents, business volumes and journals. Significant persons and businesses in the collection include, among others: Arcadia Bandini; the Dominguez family; Jackson A. Graves; American National Red Cross; Graves, O'Melveny and Shankland; Miller and Lux; O'Melveny and Myers, and Pacific Light and Power Corporation (Los Angeles, Calif.).
mssOM
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Approx. 15 items: selection of materials--LAT clips, book excerpts, brochures--on Angels Flight funicular railway in downtown Los Angeles, both prior to 1969, when the line was dismantled, and during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, reflecting plans to recreate the system. A wealth of information on Angels Flight, Bunker Hill (at the top of the line) and Downtown L.A. (at the bottom of the line). Notable: 12-pp. complete issue of Pacific Railway Journal, cover story, "Angels Flight Railway," 2/1958.
mssLAT
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Visual Materials
This collection contains approximately 9,000 negatives (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches), 7 binders of contact prints of a large portion of the negatives, and 3 photobooks (11 x 14 inches). The photographs were taken by Theodore Hall, an avid amateur photographer and resident of Bunker Hill, Los Angeles from 1938 to 1963. Photographs depict the historic structures and streets of the neighborhood before and during the urban renewal of the 1950s, when buildings were razed and much of the hill was lopped off and graded. Hall photographed houses, storefronts, signs, architectural details, cars, and often the residents: shopkeepers, newsstand vendors, local children, and people on their front porches. A diverse population including African American, Asian American, Latin American, and white residents are pictured in everyday activities in the neighborhood. Grand Central Market, the downtown food and grocery emporium, is featured extensively in detailed images of vendors, customers, neon signs, and food stalls. Also seen on Bunker Hill are hotels and apartment buildings, the Angels Flight funicular railway, Victorian mansions turned into rooming houses, liquor stores, and construction crews grading land and pouring cement. Many historic buildings are seen in disrepair, and some are pictured in the midst of being torn down. Other Los Angeles sites depicted are: Union Station, City Hall, Olvera Street and the Plaza, churches, freeways, and automotive tunnels. The contact print binders also contain Hall's photographs of friends, social gatherings, camera club members, practice portrait sessions, annual visits to family in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a few day trips in Southern California. Some of the Los Angeles architects whose buildings are represented are: John C. W. Austin, Austin and Brown, Welton Becket, Dodd and Richards, Frederick R. Dorn, Edelman & Barnett, Theodore A. Eisen, Charles O. Ellis, Arthur L. Haley, Marsh and Russell, T. J. McCarthy, William H. Mohr, Joseph C. Newsom, John Parkinson, John Cotter Pelton Jr., James M. Shields, Lewis A. Smith, Train and Williams, George Herbert Wyman, and Robert Brown Young.
Book 1, pg. 25 / Neg. 9391
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Black and white photograph of Harry Chandler in the doorway of "The Goose," the first all-metal airplane in Los Angeles. Cecil B. DeMille leaning on wing. (L to R) unidentified, unidentified, Harry Chandler (in doorway), John B. Miller (President Los Angeles Times Chamber of Commerce, in window), Cecil B. De Mille, Guy Cochran, and J.H. Fisher alongside the plane. They were leaving for lunch in Coronado, with a flight time of 1 hour, 10 minutes to San Diego.
mssLAT 01468