Notebooks of Henry Stevenson, 1854-1888.

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Notebooks of Henry Stevenson, 1854-1888.

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The three notebooks include handwritten notes regarding the history, development and surveys of several sites in Los Angeles including the Los Angeles Public Library; the City Plaza (now Pershing Square); Los Angeles Cemetery; the first primary school; and various land tracts in the city and county of Los Angeles including Santa Anita Ranch (Hollister Ranch) and the Abila Tract. The notebooks were owned by Sidney B. Reeve and some of the notes may be in his handwriting or the handwriting of George Hansen. The notebooks include hand drawn maps and copies of city ordinances.

3 volumes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Los Angeles public library

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Stevenson, Enrico, 1854-1898

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Henry Stevenson was a surveyor in Los Angeles, California. He often worked with surveyors George Hansen and Sidney B. Reeve. From the description of Notebooks of Henry Stevenson, 1854-1888. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228740654 ...

Hansen, George, 1824-1897

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Historical Background The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such development would have to benefit the state as a whole rather than merely neighboring c...

Santa Anita Ranch (Los Angeles County, Calif.)

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Reeve, Sidney B.

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