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
![CHINO VALLEY: Where Everything Grows [or] CHINO, 1887-1962. California – Chino](/pictures/thumb/73205.jpg?v=1614633573)
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 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
A holographic diary and journal written in 1914 by a young California woman from Rio Bravo, California, a former settlement in Kern County, along the Santa Fe railroad near Bakersfield. The 50-page journal begins on..... More
A small collection of photographs and other material associated with Lake Gregory Dam and nearby Crestline, California during the 1930s. Lake Gregory is a man-made lake in Crestline, an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County..... 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 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
Sacramento: W.W. Shannon, Superintendent of State Printing, 1908. Second Edition. Hardcover. From the library of prominent petroleum geologist and oil company executive Everette Lee DeGolyer (1886-1956), with his ink stamp to the title page and..... More