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Issues of the Los Angeles Times
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2 items: one copy of Los Angeles Times, 10/17/1934, complete special section ("Progress Number" features numerous stories on "The New Times Building") and one copy Los Angeles Times, 8/17/1935, complete issue (front page headline on deaths of Will Rogers & Wiley Post in plane crash in Alaska).
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Los Angeles - Weather
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1 item: large, fold-out chart, "Rainfall Chart of Los Angeles County - Compliments of Security First National Bank (of L.A.)," 1935 edition.
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Los Angeles - County
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"La Reina: Los Angeles in Three Centuries, A Volume Commemorating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles," includes a pasted-in card announcing the consolidation of Security Trust & Savings and Los Angeles - First National Trust & Savings Bank, 1929; "Los Angeles County - California," pamphlet with statistics and map of Los Angeles area, circa 1931; "The Romance of the Ranchos," published by the Title Insurance and Trust Company, includes fold-out map of early ranchos, circa 1934; "Los Angeles County, California," pamphlet with statistics and photographs, circa 1938.
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Secret Six (Los Angeles)
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Approx. 12 items: originals and copies of several items related to the "Secret Six" organization of the mid-1930s. Notable items: two issues, 3/9 and 3/20, 1935, of The Unemployed Vigilante (Civil Service Assn.) including Pg. 1 stories on "The Secret Six" ; one issue, 3/30/1935, of The Equalizer ; 5-pp. (onionskin ppr) "Statement to the newspapers and public of Los Angeles City and County, from The Secret Six, outlining their aims and goals ; related letters and information.
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Hotels - Los Angeles
Manuscripts
Approx. 12 items: material on the Nadeau Hotel / Nadeau Block (constructed in 1882); original program, "Fifth Annual Dominos Dinner Dance, 'Cocoanut Grove,' The Ambassador, Los Angeles," 4/22/1935 ; LAT article copy, 1/13/1936, "Rediscovering Los Angeles," on the United States Hotel, built in 1866 ; two LAT article copies on the razing of the Bella Union Hotel (a.k.a. St. Charles Hotel), 1940; brochure, "The Biltmore Hotel..." ca. 1975; luncheon menu / program, Hotel Bonaventure 5th anniversary, 3/3/1982.
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Los Angeles - Anniversaries - Bicentennial - Clippings
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Approx. 20 items: collection of LAT clips ; complete issue, Civic Center News, 9/2/1980 ; complete issue, California Historical Courier, 10/1980 ; complete issue, Southern California Business, 12/17/1980 ; complete issue, Civic Center News, 9/1/1981 ; Section One of Reader, 9/4/1981 ; booklet from Auto. Club of Southern California, 200 Treasures of Metropolitan Los Angeles, 1980 ; related material.
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