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Trans Pacific Flight of "The Southern Cross:" Capt. Harry W. Lyon, Los Angeles, Calif. May 25, 1928-Sydney, Australia, June 10, 1928
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William S. Lyon letter to J.W. Vandervort
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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 to Eddie Mannix
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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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Transportation - Angels Flight
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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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Angels Flight car crossing Clay Street
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
Harry Chandler with "The Goose" aircraft
Manuscripts
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
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Clipping. China Clipper to Cross Pacific Again
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The collection consists of letters, photographs and clippings related to the life and political career of William Gibbs McAdoo. Much of the McAdoo correspondence deals with his public appearances and engagements as a U.S. senator and also his failed attempt at re-election in 1938. Also of interest is McAdoo's involvement with the first Pan-American flight in 1936 and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's campaign trip to California in July 1938. There are also materials related to McAdoo's involvement with the Liberty Bond Act during World War I and the construction and management of the Hudson River Tunnels.
mssMcAdoo papers