Name/Title
LOS ANGELES DAILY STAR, JUNE 3, 1874Entry/Object ID
2003.175.1.10Description
Color: Black; White
"Los Angeles Daily Star," Volume 8, Number 131, June 3, 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 an article on the Los Angeles Petroleum Refining Company, whose president was F. P. F. Temple, and which had oil prospecting projects near present Santa Clarita. There are also some national and international news via telegraph and five pages of advertising. On page three is more local news, including personal items, a report on a Board of Supervisors meeting, and real estate transactions, including one by F. P. F. Temple. There are also a little more than five 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 other smaller ones, minor foxing, small stains, and small edge tears with a larger one at the center of the bottom of the last two pages, the item is in fair condition.Lexicon
Search Terms
Two-dimensional, Newspapers, Los Angeles Petroleum Refining Company, Oil fields--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Oil prospecting--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Real estate listings--Los Angeles County (Calif.)
