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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 20 items: material copied from various sources, Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, books, LAT, Civic Center News, etc., from the 1880s until 1970s, on the history of the 1870 - 1899 time frame. Notable items: 8-pp. packet, articles on L.A. history presented by the "Amelia Street School Pals," who attended the school in the 1890s, first page is headed, "Do you remember..."; 21-pp. copied from (see last sheet) History and Reminiscences - Los Angeles City and County, California, 1929 ; 24-pp. (yellow sheets) of comments and quotes from LAT and book sources, with sketchy citations ; a copy of an 1878 "Distance Table" showing the Southern Pacific rail routes in the Los Angeles region ; etc.
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2 items: LAT article clip, 9/20/1985, "L.A.'s French Hospital, founded by pioneers, to mark 125th year"; article tear sheet, Downtown News, 9/23/1985, "After 125 years, vive l ' hospital."
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Approx. 40 items: article tear sheets and copies from LAT, Sunset, Westways, L.A. Herald-Examiner, Downtown News, Los Angeles (mag), and others. Material mostly written between 1960s and 1990s but examining the Los Angeles lifestyles of earlier decades. Highlights: original of house sales booklet, The New Spanish Bungalow, 1923; multi-page tear sheet, L.A. Herald-Examiner, 12/31/1967, "The Los Angeles that Was"; typed list (7-pp.) of 145 "Historic-Cultural Monuments" in City of Los Angeles, as of 1975; 2 copies of a postcard featuring Dominguez Adobe Rancho San Pedro labeled "Historic Preservation" postmarked "first day of issue Sep 16, 1984".
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Approx. 55 items: large selection of LAT stories, from 1880s, 1890s, 1900s up to 1980, on the controversy over the proposed location of the harbor, planning for the harbor, building it, and operation of the completed harbor; book and journal excerpts on the harbor; article tear sheet from American West, 1/1969, "The Million-dollar mud flat"; two major articles on L.A. Harbor from "The Quarterly of the Historical Society of Southern California, one from 3/1945, another from Spring 1973; pp. 107 - 127 copied from Los Angeles, by Morrow Mayo, 1932; 4-pp. chronology of how Harrison Gray Otis militated for the San Pedro Harbor location both in private correspondence and in the pages of LAT; a second chronology (on yellow sheets) which largely parallels the previous mentioned one; related material.
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Approx. 35 items: eclectic mix of LAT clip, magazine and journal article copies or tear sheets, plus a few promo. booklets. Of note: 5-pp. article, Sunset Magazine, 1/1910, "Los Angeles--a sketch," by Harrison Gray Otis ; article, Saturday Evening Post, 10/18/1950, "Los Angeles in fact and dream"; booklet, "Dynamic Los Angeles County," 1938, published by (L.A. County) Board of Supervisors ; approx. 20-pp. article, Life (mag), "Los Angeles is the damnedest place" ; pp. 124-135 from book, Fabulous Boulevard (Ralph Hancock), 1949 ; approx. 10-pp. from Holiday (mag), 1/1950, "Los Angeles--typically American and prodigiously proud" ; 3 sheets cpd. from Frontier (mag), "Los Angeles" ; original Fall 1955 issue, Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly ; approx. 20-pp. from U.S. News & World Report, 9/6/1955, "A city--200 miles long!" ; 7-pp.,Holiday (mag), 10/1965, "Mining-camp megalopolis" ; 9-pp. from Playboy, 5/1972, "In search of Los Angeles" ; article, Pacific Historical Review, 11/1975, on L.A.'s growth in the 1920s ; cover & article, Travel & Leisure, 10/1978, "L.A. through the Looking Glass" ; approx. 12-pp. from Atlantic Monthly, 1/1988, "Los Angeles comes of age" ; etc. Split into two folders.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 35 items: eclectic mix of LAT clip, magazine and journal article copies or tear sheets, plus a few promo. booklets. Of note: 5-pp. article, Sunset Magazine, 1/1910, "Los Angeles--a sketch," by Harrison Gray Otis ; article, Saturday Evening Post, 10/18/1950, "Los Angeles in fact and dream"; booklet, "Dynamic Los Angeles County," 1938, published by (L.A. County) Board of Supervisors ; approx. 20-pp. article, Life (mag), "Los Angeles is the damnedest place" ; pp. 124-135 from book, Fabulous Boulevard (Ralph Hancock), 1949 ; approx. 10-pp. from Holiday (mag), 1/1950, "Los Angeles--typically American and prodigiously proud" ; 3 sheets cpd. from Frontier (mag), "Los Angeles" ; original Fall 1955 issue, Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly ; approx. 20-pp. from U.S. News & World Report, 9/6/1955, "A city--200 miles long!" ; 7-pp.,Holiday (mag), 10/1965, "Mining-camp megalopolis" ; 9-pp. from Playboy, 5/1972, "In search of Los Angeles" ; article, Pacific Historical Review, 11/1975, on L.A.'s growth in the 1920s ; cover & article, Travel & Leisure, 10/1978, "L.A. through the Looking Glass" ; approx. 12-pp. from Atlantic Monthly, 1/1988, "Los Angeles comes of age" ; etc. Split into two folders.
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