Los Angeles from an 'Auto'

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"Los Angeles from an 'Auto'"

Entry/Object ID

2014.913.1.1

Description

"Los Angeles from an 'Auto'," published by the California Auto-Despatch Company, Los Angeles, 1906. The pamphlet is illustrated with photographs and drawings and describes a tour of Los Angeles by automobile. Destinations include: Hotel Alexandria, Westminster Hotel, Hotel Nadeau, Union Trust Building, various banks, Chinatown, Sonoratown, various parks, the Old Plaza Church, portraits of pioneers such as W.H. Workman, palms and pepper trees, residences, San Gabriel Mission, Riverside locations, opera houses and store fronts. Includes photographs of an open, electric coach filled with rows of passengers. The pamphlet is missing a cover, in generally good condition, minor tears and a detached folio.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Pamphlets