Finding aid for the Los Angeles Abstract Company Abstract of Title for Thomas Story 7131

Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 May
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Los Angeles Abstract Company Abstract of Title for Thomas Story
Creator: Los Angeles Abstract Company
Identifier/Call Number: 7131
Physical Description: 1 folder
Date (inclusive): 1888-1890
Abstract: Title, purchase, mortgage and assessment documentation for the purchase of 3 lots in Burbank, California by Thomas Story in 1875. The abstract, prepared by the Los Angeles Abstract Company in 1890, includes documents dated between 1888 and 1890. Thomas Story served as the first mayor of Burbank from 1911-1912.
Language of Material: English .
Container: 1

Biographical note

Thomas Story arrived in Burbank in 1880, and was a member of the original Board of Trustees selected to govern the city upon its incorporation in 1911. The Board selected him to serve as Burbank's first mayor (1911-1912). Story was a businessman who ran a hardware store on San Fernando Road.

Content Description

Title, purchase, mortgage and assessment documentation for the purchase of 3 lots in Burbank, California by Thomas Story in 1875. The abstract, prepared by the Los Angeles Abstract Company in 1890, includes documents dated between 1888 and 1890.

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Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Los Angeles Abstract Company Abstract of Title for Thomas Story, Collection no. 7131, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Legal documents
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Archival resources
Real estate business -- California -- Los Angeles County -- 19th century -- Archival resources
Story, Thomas, 1851-1937 -- Archives