Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

Manuscripts
Rancho La Ballona. Color highlights; caculations
mssSolano SR_Map_0018

Manuscripts
Bordered by Rancho San Vicente. Rancho La Ballona. Inset of Ballona school house. West of Ballona Road survey at later date. Color highlights; hachures, pencil annotations. County road adjacent to school house tract
mssSolano SR_Map_0017

Manuscripts
Third page of document, "1868 Ro. La Ballona Macedonio Aguilar as successor of Benina Talamantes... 3rd class land north of Ballona Road No. 2" showing courses, distances, parcel owners: Benina & Gregorio Talamantes; measured by Solano, February 19, 1878. Title supplied by cataloger.
mssSolano SR_Box_20(07).19

Manuscripts
Pacific Ocean. Bordering Rancho San Vicente. Rancho La Ballona. Subdivision with names of tract owners (Machado family), with tables of courses. Hachures & color highlights; coordinates. Showing the Subdivision by Manuel F. Coronel, A. W. Hutton, arbitrators. Survey made under the direction of the arbitrators. Variation 14° 45' E
mssSolano SR_Map_0015.02

Manuscripts
Rancho La Ballona. Rancho Sausal Redondo. public lands. Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela. Variation 14° 30' E. Surveyed at the request of Daniel Freeman, owner of Rancho Sausal Redondo, and Louis Mesmer, owner of Rancho La Ballona, pursuant to agreement per Alfred Solano, surveyor representing Freeman, and Moore representing Mesmer. Rancho La Ballona patent 12/8/1873. Rancho Sausal Redondo surveyed 1868. Black & red ink
mssSolano SR_Map_0023
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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