Visual Materials
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San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of Olvera street in Los Angeles, California, with vending stands in the distance and boys sitting on the edge of a fountain. Los Angeles City Hall building can be seen in the distance.
photCL_555_06_1644
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
mssSolano
Visual Materials
A view of men standing at the edge of the Los Angeles River with tracks washed out and a ruined bridge in the back ground. A trolley is visible at right.
photCL Pierce 01152
Visual Materials
View of the Los Angeles Plaza in downtown Los Angeles, California, in the foreground behind an iron fence, with a row of buildings, beyond, including the Lugo House obscured by a tree, and storefronts, some with signs for a shoemaker, and the L.A. City Water Co. A man stands on a walkway near a fountain in the landscaped plaza with a hose watering the lawn and plants.
photPF 23719
Visual Materials
Two canoes with two young men in each float in a pool at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. One of the boys in each boat is standing and holding a long pole with a padded end, which they are trying to push the other boy with. A crowd composed mostly of children and teenagers sit on the pool edge watching. A lifeguard sits in a raised chair.
photCL Whitt 0756 ; Whitt neg. 0431
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
mssSolano
