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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Solano-Reeve collection
Creator:
Solano, Alfred
Identifier/Call Number: mssSolano
Physical Description:
1619.77 Linear Feet
(34 boxes and 801 rolled and flat maps)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1849-approximately1910
Abstract: Collection of maps and business records of Los Angeles area surveyors Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and George Hansen.
Language of Material: English.
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more
information.
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], Solano-Reeve collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Alfred Solano and Anna B. Reeve, May 1933.
In 1875 Alfred Solano became associated with surveyor George Hansen (1824-1897), assisting him in the making of surveys of
various tracts in Los Angeles County and in other parts of Southern California. Hansen served as Los Angeles city surveyor
from 1863 to 1868, and in 1883. After Hansen's death in 1897, his records were left to Solano, who became a partner of Sidney
B. Reeve, also a surveyor, with an office in Los Angeles.
The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors
George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles,
Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over
maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and
mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
The following numbers were skipped and are not used in the map folders: 86, 227, 421, 586, 668, and 753.
Former call number: mssSolano-Reeve.
Arranged in the following series: 1. Numbered maps (flat and rolled); 2. Field books; 3. Diaries; 4. Alphabetical business
files.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil engineering -- California -- Los Angeles County
Land subdivision -- California -- Los Angeles County
Mines and mineral resources -- California, Southern.
Real property -- California -- Los Angeles County
Ranches -- California, Southern -- Maps
Surveying -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Surveying -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources
Surveyors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Maps
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Surveys.
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Maps
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Surveys.
Business records
Diaries
Field notes
Maps (documents)
Hansen, George, 1824-1897
Reeve, Sidney B.