Name/Title
ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2, 1894Entry/Object ID
2001.99.1.3Description
ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2, 1894
Color: Green; White
"Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California, Volume 3, Number 2, 1894," printed by Curran & Bierley, 1894. The green clothbound volume with speckled paper has gold printing on the spine with the organization name and publication year. The complete publication is bound inside, including the original wrappers. At the beginning is the list of officers for the Society for 1894 and 1895, followed by the inaugural address of the president. Following are eleven articles on conchological research at San Pedro; California in the 1840s; the 1871 massacre of Chinese at Los Angeles; the Owens Valley earthquake of 1872; California in the 1830s; Recollections of Jonathan Temple and the Court House he built; the Americans at the Battle of Cahuenga, including William Workman and John Rowland; a remembrance of Pio Pico; a piece called "Historical Debris"; an account of an 1849 overland journey to Los Angeles; and a short section called "Necrology" with sketches of recently deceased notable figures. At the conclusion are reports of the publications committee, the curator, and the treasurer. The total number of pages is 87. On the inside front cover is the ex-libris label of a former owner. Although not indicated in the artifact, the 1896 volume denotes the publications from 1893-1896 as volume 3. With a tight binding and relative minor edge wear to the covers, the object is in good condition.Lexicon
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Journals (Periodicals), Historical Society of Southern California, Curran & Bireley, Printers, California--History, California, Southern--History, Societies--Los Angeles (Calif.)Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Journals (Periodicals)
