Bradbury Land Papers, 1855-1933.

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Bradbury Land Papers, 1855-1933.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/407170642

This collection consists of land records associated with the Bradbury family and company developments in the Rancho Azusa de Duarte and the city of Monrovia from the 1850s to the 1930s. These documents include certificates of title, deeds, and contractual agreements relating to land sales, mortgages, leases, and water rights. Parties to various contracts in the collection include the city of Monrovia, Los Angeles County, the Southern California Edison Company, Elias Jackson Baldwin, and several members of the Bradbury family, including L. L. Bradbury, Simona Bradbury, and Lewis Bradbury. There is also a folder of correspondence relating to the family's business interests. Correspondents include the Los Angeles Flood Control District and William Mulholland.

54 items.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Southern California Edison Company

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Southern California Edison (SCE) is the largest electric utility in California and one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric utilities, serving more than 13 million people in 15 counties of central, coastal and southern California. Based in Rosemead, California, the utility has been providing electric service in the region for more than 120 years. From the description of Records of Southern California Edison, 1848-1989. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical G...

Bradbury family.

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L. L. Bradbury was an investor and real estate developer prominent in Los Angeles in the late 19th century. In the 1880s, he acquired the Rancho Azusa de Duarte, which now includes the city of Duarte. He died in 1892. His son Lewis Bradbury assumed control of the family business in 1902 and incorporated the Bradbury Estate Company in 1904. The company continued to acquire and develop landholdings in Southern California throughout the first three decades of the 20th century, including land and wa...

Baldwin, Elias Jackson, 1828-1909

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California businessman, investor and racehorse owner/breeder. From the description of Dictation from Elias Jackson Baldwin, 1891. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26623949 ...

Mulholland, William, 1855-1935

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