LOS ANGELES DAILY STAR, MAY 12, 1874

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

LOS ANGELES DAILY STAR, MAY 12, 1874

Entry/Object ID

2003.175.1.4

Description

Color: Black; White "Los Angeles Daily Star," Volume 8, Number 112, May 12, 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 editorial items, local legal reports and real estate listings, and over five columns of advertising, including one for the local branch of the State Investment Insurance Company, of which F. P. F. Temple was a stockholder and director in Los Angeles. Page three has local news, including a short note that the Spring and Sixth Street Railway, of which Temple was treasurer, was laying track for its line, personal items, and 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 center horizontal half fold and one near the top, foxing, small stains, and small edge tears, the item is in fair condition.

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Search Terms

Two-dimensional, Newspapers, Spring and Sixth Street Railway Company, Insurance--Los Angeles (Calif.), Street railroads--Los Angeles (Calif.)

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Object Name

Newspapers