Outline of Mormon Island on Pierhead Line : showing location of private subdivision and size and number of lots on channel front

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  Map showing ocean front from San Pedro to Huntington Beach, California. March 4th 1905

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  Old shelf number: eph J5-19(1). Los Angeles Harbor before much development except the beginning of the breakwater. Submap: Outline map showing geographical position of large map ... Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blue line print. Verso Text: Sketch of bridge. Stamp: Los Angeles Blueprint Co. MS note: Eph J5-19(1).

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  Map of the Diamond Street Tract, being a subdivision of Lot 5, Block 27, and Lot 4, Block 26, Hancock's Survey, City of Los Angeles, Cal

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  Old shelf number: eph J5-5(1). Milton Avenue is now Hoover Street, the west boundary of the Pueblo of Los Angeles. Temple St. remains, but Diamond Street is now known as Beverly Blvd. This area just south of the Hollywood Freeway at Silver Lake. North is to the right. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sales info on Diamond Street tract. MS norw: Eph J5-5(1).

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  Map of the Los Angeles Improvement Co's subdivision of parts of lots 3, 4, 5 & 6, Block 39 Hancock's Survey, to be sold at auction Friday May 14th 1886 / compiled by W.F. McClun, C.E

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  Old shelf number: eph J5-2(1). An area to the east of Alvarado St. and just south of the Hollywood Freeway, east as far as Union St. The next two maps are extensions of this one, although this is the latest part mapped. Verso contains sales info on this hilly area. "These building sites have advantages over other property in the City of Los Angeles. On the Hills! Away from Floods!" Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-2(1). Sales information on this property.

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  Map of a portion of Tideland Location No. 152 [showing Banning properties between Mormon Island Channel, East Basin Channel, and Wilmington Basin]

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  The collection consists of business papers and correspondence related to the the Banning Company and its subsidiaries, particularly the Santa Catalina Island Company, as well as personal papers and correspondence created by members of the Banning, Patton, Glassell, Shorb, Thornton, and Thompson families. The business correspondence primarily focuses on the Bannings, and includes references to professional conflicts among the Banning brothers, the Santa Catalina Island Company, the Wilmington Transportation Company, the San Gabriel Wine Company, Mormon Island and surrounding areas, financial issues, and land sales. There are also 20 letters written between Henry E. Huntington and George S. Patton (1856-1927) from 1903-1905, and which relate to land in the San Marino area. The personal correspondence consists of letters between members of the Banning, Patton, Glassell, Shorb, Thornton, and Thompson families written in Alabama, California, Georgia, Virginia, and West Virginia. Family correspondents include Ellen Banning Ayer, Frederick Ayer, Anne Ophelia Smith Banning, Hancock Banning (1865-1925), Joseph Brent Banning, Katharine Stewart Banning, Lucy Tichenor Banning, May Alice Banning, Mary Hollister Banning, Phineas Banning, William Banning, Ynez Shorb Buck, Eliza Thompson Fry, Cornelia Fry, Charle Gibbs, E. Thornton Gibbs, Eliza Williams Patton Gilmer, Andrew Glassell (1793-1873), Andrew Glassell 1827-1901), Hugh Glassell, Susan Thornton Glassell, Maria Hamilton, Frances Hawes, Ramona Yorba Shorb Murtaugh, Mary Banning Norris, Ruth Wilson Patton, Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, Daniel Shorb, Donald Shorb, Joseph Campbell Shorb, Norbert N. Shorb, Ettinge Hugh Smith, George Hugh Smith, Susan Glassell Patton Smith, Edith Shorb Steele, Burkett D. Thompson, Caroline Thompson, Philip Rootes Thompson Jr., Rootes Thompson, William Thornton Thompson, Eleanor Brown Thompson Thornton, and George A. Thornton.The financial records include personal accounts, budgets, tax returns, business statements (including those for the Wilmington Transportation Co.), and receipts belonging to members of the Banning family. Personal papers include school essays and poems by the Banning children; copies of George S. Patton's accounts of his experiences in World War II; correspondence, essays, and photographs of the restoration of "The Old Mill" (El Molino Viejo), c.1965-1969; maps showing Banning harbor properties near Wilmington, San Pedro, and Los Angeles Harbors; sketches made on board the "Hermosa" in 1889; and photographs of steamships. Santa Catalina Island Co. business records include annual statements, notes on a potential sheep farming business, records of the steamers "Cabrillo" and "Hermosa," memorandum on management and policies, land papers, and receipt books. Some materials also relate to the Catalina Yacht Club. Items related to Catalina Island in general include advertising ephemera, a scrapbook, copies of magazine articles, and miscellaneous printed materials. Also included in the collection are various newspaper clippings, printed items, and ephemera.

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