History of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, 1941.

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History of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, 1941.

The reminiscence covers the formation of three business enterprises in southern California: the Los Angeles Athletic Club, the Los Angeles Telephone Company and the Southern California Fruit Exchange. The manuscript discusses in general Los Angeles history, as well as business enterprises and the orange industry in southern California. There is also a typed letter by Frank A. Garbutt, fellow founder of the athletic club, to Sherer regarding the manuscript.

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Garbutt, Frank A.

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Sherer, John Calvin, 1852-1949

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John Calvin Sherer, California pioneer, businessman, and author, was born in Maryland in 1852. He moved to California in 1875 where he worked for the Western Union Telegraph Company. He owned a ranch in what is now Glendale, California. Sherer helped form the Los Angeles Athletic Club and the Southern California Fruit Exchange. In 1922 he wrote History of Glendale and vicinity. He died in 1949. From the description of History of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, 1941. (Huntington Librar...

Southern California Fruit Exchange

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Los Angeles Athletic Club

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