Manuscripts
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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Trade Associations - Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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Approx. 15 items: various clips and copies of LAT material and Chamber of Commerce material. Notable items: copy of the 1888 Constitution & By-laws of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce ; article copy, Southern California Quarterly [1956?], "The Chamber of Commerce Cornerstones...milestones in Los Angeles History" ; booklet, No Little Plans--the story of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 9/1956 ; booklet, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce--Publications / Information Services, undated ; spiral-bound booklet, Home Savings of America Tower, 1988 Centennial Calendar.
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Los Angeles County - Growth
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Approx. 20 items: orig. 84-pp. booklet, Zoning Atlas - Los Angeles, 1932 ; several population reports, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Los Angeles...area, 1944 ; 5-pp. copied from The Researcher (L.A. Chamber of Commerce) on "Growth of the Western Metropolis (L.A.), 1/1959 ; 6-pp. report by James Bassett to Nick Williams, "Urban problems of the Los Angeles area," 1/17/1969 ; related LAT clips, memos, and "Dwelling Units and Population" reports from the Regional Planning Commission.
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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Presentation
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Three pages of photocopied notes used for a speech given by Otis Chandler at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce on November 30, 1978.
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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.
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L.A. Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Memos and letters pertaining to the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Architecture and Historic Preservation - Los Angeles
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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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