New York: W. E. Webb; San Diego, California: Geo. H. Sisson; London: Captain Francis Pavy; no date (circa 1886). Single sheet, folded (35 ¾” x 16 ¾” unfolded, each page 9 ½” x 6”). [24]..... More
Los Angeles: Mitock & Sons, circa 1951. Postwar block map of Downtown Los Angeles, which is framed with detailed lists of night clubs, restaurants, motion picture studios, consular offices, hotels, beaches, and other information for..... More
An album containing thirty 4" x 4" black and white photographs of Catalina Island at the turn of the century. Four of the photographs are laid in; the rest are secured in the album with..... More
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Chino, California: Adolph M. Whitney, 1962. First Edition. Wraps. Signed by the publisher, Chino pioneer Adolph M. Whitney, on the title page, with a printed note from him laid in. Issued in commemoration of the..... More
A report prepared by the Artic, Desert and Tropic Information Center about the maintenance of aircraft in desert conditions illustrated with real photos of military personnel and equipment in the Mojave Desert. The copy of..... More
Ontario, California: Drew Carriage Company, circa 1917. Scarce promotional photo album produced by one of California’s largest farm implement dealerships. Oblong quarto (12” x 9 1/2”), with 14 unnumbered leaves and 13 silver gelatin photographs..... More
San Mateo, California: Coast Directory Company, 1934. Hardcover. The eleventh edition of the Burlingame-San Mateo Directory. “This volume contains exactly 16,206 names (and not including the wife’s name, which is in parenthesis) of individuals over..... More
Redondo, California: (circa 1900). Cabinet card. Albumen photograph [19 cm x 12 cm] on brown cardstock mount [21 cm x 13 cm]. Printed in the negative “Street View Redondo Cal” and “Baldwin Foto”. Image..... More
A collection of 1950s and ‘60s political buttons supporting causes and candidates ranging from the Vietnam anti-war movement to Ronald Reagan’s campaign for the California governorship. This group consists of 56 unique metal pinback buttons..... More
Coloma, California: November 1, 1850. [4] p., on a bifolium. Previously folded, very good. A descriptive four-page letter written from the gold fields of California by a man to his father about the hardships endured..... More
Number 9 of 3,000 possible $1,000 gold bonds issued in 1890 and signed by Moses Sherman, the railway company’s president, who is also the namesake for the community of Sherman Oaks, which he helped establish..... More
An archive of materials from performers who were involved in early productions of Los Angeles’ famed Pilgrimage Play. The production was the creation of Christine Wetherill Stevenson (1878–1922), an heiress of the Pittsburgh Paint Company..... More
Los Angeles: (circa 1930). Silver gelatin print [25.5 cm x 31.5 cm], with a handwritten pencil notation on the verso: “Spring St. LA Sunday morning” along with Cindrich’s ink stamp and a second stamp identifying..... More
San Jacinto, California: Soboba Mineral Hot Springs, circa 1929. This resort was opened in 1919 by Robert G. Althouse of Los Angeles who owned candy stores and the United States Hotel in Los Angeles. Located..... More
An album containing 24 silver prints measuring 6 x 4 inches, many showing the popular Smith’s automotive businesses in downtown San Diego, California. The automotive service and parts company was founded and operated by Howard..... More