Name/Title
LOS ANGELES EVENING EXPRESS, FEBRUARY 10, 1874Entry/Object ID
2003.14.1.2Description
LOS ANGELES EVENING EXPRESS, FEBRUARY 10, 1874
Color: Black; White
"Los Angeles Evening Express," Volume 6, Number 124, February 10, 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 six columns of advertising and one of state and national news and a poem by a local young woman. Page two has local, state, and national news, including dispatches by telegraph, an editorial about the desirability of Los Angeles County, an article about wine duties, and a little over four columns of advertising, including new listings. Page three concerns local news, including court reports, a listing of real estate transactions and a short article about the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad, a horse-drawn system, with F. P. F. Temple as treasurer. Two double-size columns and half of a regular size columns of advertising are also on this page. Page four features more advertising, including some double-width, and legal notices. 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, Spring and Sixth Street Railway Company, Businesses--Los Angeles (Calif.), Street railroads--Los Angeles (Calif.), Courts--Los Angeles (Calif.), Courts--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Wine and wine-making--Los Angeles (Calif.)