Hall (Doris D.) collection of travel and recreation ephemera and La Dow family documents

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Hall (Doris D.) collection of travel and recreation ephemera and La Dow family documents

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box 1, folder 1

Williams Pacific Tourist Guide 1877

Scope and Contents

Travel guide on the Union and Central Pacific railroad includes descriptions of railroad routes and points of interest.

box 1, folder 2

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, vol. XLVII, no. 1 1893 November

box 1, folder 3

California and Los Angeles Recreation Ca. 1950-1975

Scope and Contents

Booklet on Inglewood events, pamphlets on the El Camino Real Bell, Old Los Angeles, and Hotel Franciscan in San Francisco, guide to Los Angeles area recreation, map of El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Park, and a copy of the Centenial Edition of "California Highways and Public Works" (vol. 29, nos. 9,10).

box 1, folder 4

Menus Ca. 1930s

Scope and Contents

Menus from "Aladdin Studio Tiffin" in San Francisco and "Gestith Restaurant."

box 1, folder 5

Maps of California and U.S. Ca. 1940s-1950s

box 1, folder 6

Thomas Guide Street Atlas 1979

box 1, folder 7

Pamphlets and publications Ca. 1920s-1970s

Scope and Contents

Includes copy of "Etiquette, Entertaining and Good Sense," assorted pamphlets on sermons, how to be a succesful teacher, what to say in a rental ad. Also guides for gas and energy use.

box 1, folder 8

Ephemera Ca. 1940-1963

Scope and Contents

Old business cards, membership card for California Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc., timetables and itinerary for Union Pacific trip.

box 2, folder 1

Product information guides for "Sound Products" Ca. 1937

Scope and Contents

"Sound Products" was based in Hollywood, California.

box 2, folder 2

Home entertainment equipment publications and clippings Ca. 1930s-1980s

Scope and Contents

Includes manuals, mailers, a 1978 issue of Popular electronics and materials on Splitdorf radios, Metzner turntables, Western Electric Switch Mate, and Bell and Howell 16mm projectors.

box 2, folder 3

Issue of Los Angeles Times "West" magazine 1967 March 19

box 2, folder 4

La Dow family papers 1903-1959

Scope and Contents

Includes a corporation dead, estate documents and chiropractic licenses.

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