SUBURBAN TRIPS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

SUBURBAN TRIPS

Entry/Object ID

97.15.1.6

Description

Brochure: "Suburban Trips: Eight Delightful Trips Out of Los Angeles" (Los Angeles: E. D. McClees, 1904.) Consists of 47 pages with many advertisements. The cover is a light green with a stylized bordered rectangle in the middle. A drawing of an electric car and the inter-urban exchange building are at the top and bottom with the title of the brochure in red and black ink between. The eight trips described include Long Beach and southern Los Angeles County; Huntington Beach; San Pedro and Wilmington; Whittier, Huntington Park and [Pico] Rivera; Monrovia and Arcadia; San Gabriel and Alhambra; Pasadena, Altadena, and Mt. Lowe; and Glendale. There are many photographs. Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles. In the back are many advertisements from banks, real estate agents, and others. In poor condition with the back cover and last four pages torn; creases, discoloration and some stains. On top left of page 28 the words "to here" written in pencil.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Tourist trade, Advertising

Search Terms

Documentary Artifact, Pamphlets, E. D. McClees [Publisher], Pacific Electric Railway Company, Local transit--Los Angeles (Calif.), Street-railroads--Los Angeles (Calif.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Pamphlets