Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Grounds of Mrs. J. E. Hollenbeck, in Boyle Heights
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Various cabinet card photographs of Los Angeles, including a series of four images showing digging and laying track for the First Street cable railway in central Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), 1880s. Other photographs in this folder: Grounds of J. M. Workman, Boyle Heights; panoramic view of Los Angeles from the road to San Gabriel by Carleton Watkins; view of Los Angeles Railway Company car on Fifth Street, Los Angeles; Ostrich Farm; image of various Native American water baskets, taken by photographer Jarvis, Pasadena, California.
photPF 610-619
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Photographic copies of original photographs showing the exterior and interior of St. Mary's Church, located at 4th and Chicago streets, Boyle Heights, and dedicated in 1897. Also includes scenes of parish life, Father Joseph Barron, a group photograph of priests, St. Mary's Convent.
photPF 2377-2386
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Customers and vendors outside the White Sox baseball park in Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, California. A food truck says "Tamales" and people are seen eating and drinking from bottles. Sign on the stadium says "Winter League grand opening Oct. 9th.1939. Home of the Colored Elite Giants, White Sox Park."
photCL_555_06_1524
Manuscripts
West of Boyle Ave. in Lot 5 Block 59, Hancock's Survey, with description, table of courses & distances, color highlighting, hachures, bridge. Surveyed at the request of Hollenbeck. Alt title supplied by cataloger.
mssSolano SR_Map_0514
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Old shelf number: eph J5-6(1). Boston Heights is now considered part of Boyle Heights. Columbus Avenue, alias Alhambra Avenue is now Valley Blvd. Soto Street remains. For a view of the same area almost 40 years later, see RB ephMPCALIFT0128. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sales information on July 11, 1887 sale. MS note: Eph J5-6(1).
ephMPCALIFT0127
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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