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Frank J. Thomas letters : typescripts, [undated] and 1918 July 22.
BANC MSS 81/88 cLOCAL
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Title:
Frank J. Thomas letters : typescripts, [undated] and 1918 July 22Creator/Contributor:
Thomas, Frank J., creatorAbstract:
Reminiscences of childhood in Los Angeles, with information on the family home; schooling; a visit to Catalina Island; his
father, mining engineer Charles C. Thomas; the capture of the Mexican bandit Tiburcio Vásquez; and the shipwreck of the "Golden
Age" off Mazatlán.
Subject:
n-us-caShipwrecks -- Pacific Coast
Manners and customs
Shipwrecks
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)
Santa Catalina, Île (Calif.)
California -- Los Angeles
California -- Santa Catalina Island
Golden Age (steamship)
Thomas, Charles Cotsworth -- 1827-1900
Vasquez, Tiburcio -- 1835-1875
Vasquez, Tiburcio -- 1835-1875
Type:
Autobiographies.Physical Description:
2 items in portfolio
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 81/88 cLOCAL