Los Angeles Land Auction Flyer

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

Los Angeles Land Auction Flyer

Entry/Object ID

2006.96.1.2

Description

A broadside for a land auction, Los Angeles, 1920s. The item is for the auction by C. H. O'Connor and Son of a lot at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Witmer Street and has the month and date of January 28, but not the year. The office addresses and phone numbers of the auctioneers is also given. A pencil inscription at the upper left reads "80,000 / Lee Phillip" and may indicate the price and name of the winning bidder. With a two-inch tear at the right edge of the center fold, a right margin tear, creases, yellowing, and soiling, the condition is fair to good.

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Search Terms

C. H. O'Connor and Son, Auctioneers, Auctions--Los Angeles (Calif.), Land tenure--Los Angeles (Calif.), Real estate business--Los Angeles (Calif.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Broadsides