Rare Books
Los Angeles, 1900-1961
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Los Angeles - History - 1900 - 1920
Manuscripts
7 items. LAT articles and other materials about the time frame 1900 to 1920: LAT feature, 11/13/1952, "Downtown life in 1912 and after"; two 1952 letters to LAT on life in L.A. in 1912 ; LAT editorial piece, 1/3/1955, "Great dreams backed by action"; title page and 4-pp. of text from A Backward Glance...Los Angeles 1901 - 1915 by Robert Cowan, Torrey Press, 1969 ; LAT feature, 5/14/1973, "L.A. in 1913...a million miles away from it all" ; LAT article, 7/17/1977, "The Los Angeles pseudo-seduction of Henry James," on James' 1905 visit to L.A.
mssLAT
Los Angeles, Westlake Park , approximately 1900
Visual Materials
A view across Westlake Park towards houses on the other side.
photCL Pierce 00854a
Griffith Park and Los Angeles River at Source, 1900
Visual Materials
A view of a gentleman sitting next to the Los Angeles River.
photCL Pierce 00896
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4. Los Angeles Civic Center Today…and Tomorrow. [Los Angeles, Calif.], January 1961 (1 piece)
Manuscripts
The collection consists of correspondence, documents, maps, reports, publications, and clippings related to land tenure and water use in and around Mono County (including Mono Basin, Mono Lake, Lee Vining Creek and Rush Creek), Inyo County, and Los Angeles, California.
mssClover
Los Angeles, Western Ave. North from Pico, 1900
Visual Materials
[same as Ellis 908] A group of bicyclists on a dirt road.
photCL Pierce 00574