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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Mericos H. Whittier with Leland K. Whittier sitting on the stairs.
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Manuscripts
Donald W. Whittier and Leland K. Whittier on a camping trip.
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Visual Materials
Correspondence, documents and drawings related to a residence built in 1936 for Leland K. Whittier and his wife, Laura L. (Pike) Whittier, in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California. Includes correspondence from architect Roland Coate and landscape architects Florence Yoch and Lucile Council, along with drawings of the garden plan. Also included are invoices and receipts for china, silverware, rugs, light fixtures, furniture and other household decor. The invoices are chiefly addressed to Laura L. Whittier and include receipts for several fur coats. Some notes refer to a decorator, Miss Gordon Kaufmann. Three black-and-white snapshot photographs show the house exterior in 1940, which was an example of American Colonial Revival residential architecture. The house later gained renown as the home of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart from 1952 until Bogart's death in 1957.
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Visual Materials
Old shelf number: eph J5-12(1). Whittier got its charter and was incorporated in 1898, so map postdates that. For a pre-charter map of Whittier, see RB ephMPCALIF0034. County Road is now Whittier Blvd. Based on the Baldwin, Jessup & Co. map, the city has expanded. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blueprint. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J5-12(1). Map of the City of Whittier.
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Visual Materials
A slightly elevated panoramic view of East Los Angeles near the intersection of Atlantic and Whittier. The two main streets are labeled in ms. white writing, with "Atlantic Blvd North" down the center and "Whittier Blvd East" on the right. There is a Richfield service station at the corner, with a miniature golf course behind it. Businesses across the street include California Bank and a Ford dealership. Most of the land beyond that and on the left is residential housing. Writing in white at the bottom of the image reads "Photo by C.C. Pierre & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico L.A. ; Dec. 29 1930."
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