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Labagnino (Lars) Collection on Newport Beach Real
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MS.R.068
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Lars Labagnino collection on Newport Beach real estate
Creator:
Labagnino, Lars
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.068
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1928-1961
Date (bulk): 1955-1959
Abstract: This collection consists of real estate
documents, housing development brochures, local maps, sales listings, periodicals, community
association documentation and correspondence collected by Newport Beach real estate
developer Lars Labagnino. The documents offer insights into the 1950s Orange County real
estate market and provide information regarding contemporary property values on the Southern
California coast. Though these materials focus mainly on Newport Beach, they also provide
some information on Costa Mesa, Corona Del Mar, Long Beach, Santa Ana, and Palm Desert. The
documents also include sales instruction manuals, communication between salespeople, and
business records.
Language of Material:
English .
Collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Lars Labagnino Collection on Newport Beach Real Estate . MS-R68. Special Collections and
Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Donated by the collector's nephew, John Labagnino, in 1995.
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2002.
Lars Labagnino, Newport Beach real estate developer, died in 1995. No further information
is available.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of real estate documents, housing development brochures, local
maps, sales listings, periodicals, community association documentation and correspondence
collected by Newport Beach real estate developer Lars Labagnino. The documents offer
insights into the 1950s Orange County real estate market and provide information regarding
contemporary property values on the Southern California coast. Though these materials focus
mainly on Newport Beach, they also provide some information on Costa Mesa, Corona Del Mar,
Long Beach, Santa Ana, and Palm Desert. The documents also include sales instruction
manuals, communication between salespeople, and business records.
The collection is arranged topically. Materials are arranged chronologically within each
topical grouping whenever possible.
The following collections in Special Collections and Archives, UC Irvine Libraries, contain
related materials:
MS-R98, Laguna Beach Historical Survey MS-R01, Don Meadows Papers. Real estate related
material can be found under subseries 5.1. (Orange County Topical Files) by choosing the
appropriate city under the heading "localities".