Name/Title
LOS ANGELES DAILY STAR, JUNE 2, 1874Entry/Object ID
2003.175.1.9Description
Color: Black; White
"Los Angeles Daily Star," Volume 8, Number 130, June 2, 1874. The newspaper has the title at the top and below is the city of publication, day and date, and volume and issue number. On the first page are eight columns of advertisements. Page two has some local news, including a description of a San Gabriel farm, a report on the Board of Supervisors meeting, national and international news by telegraph, and nearly five columns of advertising. On page three is local news, including an item that work was beginning on oil wells owned by F. P. F. Temple near present Santa Clarita and that the wharf at Wilmington by a company part-owned by Temple was near completion. There is also legal news and nearly six columns of advertising. Page four consists entirely of advertising. The name of original owner, L. P. Fisher, is written in ink at the upper right of the front page and a stamp from the Bancroft Library, a secondary owner is below Fisher's name. With creases, some soiling, yellowing, a horizontal half fold and three smaller ones, small stains, and small edge tears, the item is in fair condition.Lexicon
Search Terms
Two-dimensional, Newspapers, Los Angeles Petroleum Refining Company, Southern California Cooperative Warehouse and Shipping Association, Oil fields--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Oil prospecting--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Wharves--Wilmington (Calif.), Farms--San Gabriel (Calif.)
