Finding aid for the Henry Zenas Osborne Los Angeles billheads collection 7073
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2018 October
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Henry Zenas Osborne Los Angeles billheads collection
creator:
Osborne, Henry Zenas, 1848-1923
Identifier/Call Number: 7073
Physical Description:
0.21 linear feet.
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1894-1916
Date (bulk): 1897-1901
Abstract: A collection of more than 80 billheads from a variety of turn of the last century Los Angeles businesses, ranging from Newberry's
grocery store to the Los Angeles Tent and Awning Company. All the billheads are made out to Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923).
Henry Zenas Osborne and his wife Helen resided at 740 S. Hope Street in Los Angeles, and most of the billheads are associated
with hosehold expenses. Osborne, originally from New York, moved first to California in 1878, and subsequently to Los Angeles
in the mid-1880s, where he purchased the Evening Republican. He served as collector of customs in Los Angeles, United States
Marshall for the Southern District, and commissioner of the board of public works. He was also elected to Congress in 1917,
where he served until his death in 1923.
Container: 1
A collection of more than 80 billheads from a variety of turn of the last century Los Angeles businesses, ranging from Newberry's
grocery store to the Los Angeles Tent and Awning Company. All the billheads are made out to Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923).
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Henry Zenas Osborne Los Angeles billheads collections, Collection no. 7073, Regional History
Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Johnson Rare Books and Archives, October 3, 2018.
Osborne-Montague family papers, Collection no. 0190, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libriares, University
of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Business enterprises -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Archival resources
Billheads
Osborne, Henry Zenas, 1848-1923 -- Archives