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LOS ANGELES EVENING EXPRESS, APRIL 20, 1874Entry/Object ID
2003.14.1.4Description
Color: Black; White
"Los Angeles Evening Express," Volume 7, Number 17, April 20, 1874. The newspaper has the words "EVENING EXPRESS" on the masthead, along with an image of a train. The city name and date are at the center just below and the volume is at left, and the issue number at right. The proprietor, Tiffany and Co., is listed in a box at the upper left along with office location and subscription terms. The first page consists of a little more than five columns of advertising and somewhat less than two of state and national news. Page two has local news and national news, via telegraphic dispatches, with the former including ones concerning the newly founded Los Angeles and Independence Railroad, headed by F. P. F. Temple, and a refining experiment by Rodolfo Carreras for oil being drilled by Temple's Los Angeles Petroleum Refining Company. There is also slightly more than five columns of advertising, including new listings. Page three concerns local news, including court reports, a notice of incorporation for the Los Angeles and Independence, and items about the search for the bandit Tiburcio Vasquez. Slightly more than four columns of advertising is also on this page. On the fourth page is three-quarters of a column of national news and the remainder consisting of legal notices and advertising. At the top right of the first page is, in pencil, the inscription "Mechanics Institute." With creases, browning of the paper, a horizontal center fold and edge tears, the condition is fair.Lexicon
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Two-dimensional, Newspapers, Tiffany and Company, Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Company, Temple and Workman [firm], Businesses--Los Angeles (Calif.), Railroads--Los Angeles (Calif.), Petroleum--Refining--Los Angeles (Calif.), Brigands and robbers