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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. 12 items: a collection of maps of Los Angeles and southern California. Notable: 11/1910, "Van Nuys - Lankershim Lands / Los Angeles Suburban Homes Co." ; map, dated 12/31/1924, titled "Relation of Downtown Section of Major Traffic Street...(L.A.) ; 1923 Edition, "Los Angeles - Pasadena - Glendale - the Harbor," from Security Trust & Savings Bank ; "Gillespie's Guide and Atlas of Los Angeles and 79 surrounding towns," [1926] ; "Los Angeles and Vicinity," Automobile Club of Southern California, 1937 ; "Southern California's Sunshine Empire & the Golden Coast," Roads to Romance Assn., Inc., 1957 ; etc.
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1 item: pamphlet: "The Five Friendly Valleys - the story of Greater Highland Park," Security Trust & Savings Bank, 1923.
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"The Official Program for the Fiesta de Los Angeles for 1895," cover missing and corners torn, includes photographs of Los Angeles and its surrounding communities, drawings of the floats, and many advertisements, 1895; "The Los Angeles Tourist: A Book for the Traveler and Pleasure Seeker," Volume I, number 4, likely published by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce," October 1909; "Los Angeles City and County, Exposition Number," issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, revised for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, 1915; "Since You Were Here Before: A Souvenir of the Fifty-Second Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association," prepared and printed by the Security Trust & Savings Bank, Los Angeles, 1926; "Los Angeles County California," issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1928
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7 items: "keepsake"-type booklet, The Farmer's & Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles...Fifty Years of Banking Service, 1921; advert. / greeting card, "Life more abundant," from Bank of Italy National Trust and Savings Association, 1927; brochure, "President's Statement," from The First National Bank of Los Angeles - Pacific Southwest Bank, First Securities Co., 8/9/1927; 1-pp. letter (no signature, subsequent pages may be missing), to Don Taylor of LAT, on Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles letterhead, with historical "information about the second home of the Farmers & Merchants Bank," dated 10/24/1956; pp. 336 - 341 copied from a book titled A Mirror for Californians [Oliver Carlson, 1941]; two undated ads (ca. 1925) for Citizens...Bank of Los Angeles.
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Visual Materials
Old shelf number: eph J2d. Generally referred to as "The Miracle Mile" this was a district developed as an alternative shopping district to downtown LA. According to OCLC, Security Trust and Savings Bank consolidated 1929 with Los Angeles First National Trust & Savings Bank, new bank known as Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles. The Wilshire Country Club, which appears on this map interrupting Beverly Boulevard, was founded in 1919, according to the club's website. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note J2d. Title cover with advertising.
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Manuscripts
4 items: booklet, "Ranchos of the Sunset," Security Trust & Savings Bank, 1925 ; two copies of booklet, "Long Beach - a calendar of events in the making of a city," Title Insurance and Trust Co., 1954 ; booklet, "The Bixby Land Company - a continuing family endeavor," Historical Society of Southern California, c.1988.
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