Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of the California State Normal School, southern branch, on Fifth Street and Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, with people standing on the stairway and grounds. Sign on the front of the building reads "State Normal School."
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Manuscripts
This manuscript provides information concerning the State Normal School in Los Angeles, which was located at the southwest corner of Charity Street (renamed Grand Street in 1887) and Fifth Street. This manuscript includes three main sections. The first section titled, "Where We Are Located," is derived from a Los Angeles Daily Herald article which was originally published on May 24, 1889. This section describes the precise geographic coordinates of the State Normal School in Los Angeles. The second section is titled, "State Normal School. January 23, 1886," and this portion details the grading of the grounds for this building's lot. The third section is titled, "Normal School at Los Angeles, Cal." This third section briefly describes the origin of the Normal School in Los Angeles. In 1881, the California State Legislature established the school as a branch of the State Normal School of San José. The school opened on August 29, 1882.
mssHM 4375
Visual Materials
View of the Spring Street elementary school in the 500 block of South Spring Street between Fifth Street and Sixth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a picket fence and sign on the building reading "Public School 1884."
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Manuscripts
Normal School: Plan for Grading (Map 1) [west of Charity St., south of Fifth St., showing structures and surface detail] [7 pieces, also including: "Plan for Grading Normal School Grounds, showing cutting and filling," with structures and surface detail, Feb. 25, 1886; "Normal School Entrance at Charity Street," drawing no. 1 on specifications of walls, Mar. 26, 1886; drawing no. 2, specification of walls, State Normal School, with sections, elevations, and plan views of walls and gates, Mar. 26, 1886; centerline of driveway for State Normal School, Apr. 20, 1886; State Normal School profiles, Apr. 19, 1886; State Normal School, south line of Fifth St. between Hope and Charity St., west line of Charity St. south of Fifth St. (profile and plan), Apr. 19, 1886]
mssSolano
Manuscripts
Drawing No. 1 referred to in the specification of walls, etc. of the State Normal School. Structures, footage indicated. Alt title supplied by cataloger.
mssSolano SR_Map_0636.03
Visual Materials
Image of the east facade of the Los Angeles Central Library building facing Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California.
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