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Title: Albert A. Izmirian Appraisal Reports
Dates: 1954-1968
Collection Number: mssHM 75900-75929
Creator:
Izmirian, Albert A.
Extent:
30 items in 3 boxes
Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection contains property appraisal reports created and collected by
City of Los Angeles real estate appraiser Albert A. Izmirian (1921-2009). The appraisal reports include typed appraisals,
handwritten
notes, photographs, maps, and other data referring to various properties throughout
the Los Angeles, California, area.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item], Albert A. Izmirian appraisal reports, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Acquired from Doug Izmirian on June 25, 2011.
Albert A. Izmirian (1921-2009) was born in Los Angeles and received a marketing
degree from UCLA. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions but joined the Navy at the
outbreak of World War II and was stationed at Pearl Harbor. He played professional
football for the Los Angeles Bulldogs until 1947, when he became a real estate
appraiser for the city of Los Angeles. He eventually became Assistant Chief
Appraiser of Los Angeles County, and from 1967-1974 worked as State Inheritance Tax
Appraiser.
The collection contains property appraisal reports created and collected by
City of Los Angeles real estate appraiser Albert A. Izmirian (1921-2009). The appraisal reports include typed appraisals,
handwritten notes,
photographs, maps, and other data referring to various properties throughout the Los
Angeles, California, area. Izmirian’s clients include the Los Angeles Department of Water and
Power, the Bureau of Land and Right of Way, the Maier Brewing Company, and various
other private companies and individuals. Properties appraised include part or all of
the Angeles Mesa Reservoir, the Almeda Steam Plant, abandoned Los Angeles transit
lines, land for the Golden State Freeway, the Crestwood Hills Park Expansion, the
Rose Hills Courts Project, and various private properties and vacant lots in and
around the city of Los Angeles. Also included are documents related to appraisals
for the City of Los Angeles vs. Azul Pacifico, Inc. (1967).
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
A detailed container list is available through the Manuscripts Department.
Izmirian, Albert
A.
Los Angeles (Calif.).
Dept. of Water and Power--History.
Express highways--California--Los
Angeles Region--Maps.
Land tenure--California.
Real estate appraisers--United
States.
Real property--California--Los Angeles
County--Maps.
Real property--California--Los Angeles
Metropolitan Area--Maps.
California--History--20th century.
Los Angeles
(Calif.)--History.
Appraisals (records)--California--20th
century.