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El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park : preliminary proposal.
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Title:
El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park: preliminary proposalCreator/Contributor:
Old Los Angeles Company, creator, publisher.Abstract:
Proposal by The Old Los Angeles Company (originally formed by Albert Ehringer, Robert J. Morris and John P. Wilson) to lease
the development of the historic district then named El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, specifically to "restore
and redevelop the Pico-Garnier buildings to the peak of their respective periods". Proposal includes bound typescript volume
containing an account of the principals' earlier restoration projects in Santa Monica, Sacramento, Chico and Colorado City;
details of the proposed restoration process for eight of the Pico-Garnier buildings with suggestions for their future purposes;
and appendices presenting letters of recommendation and financial statements for each of the principals. Proposal also includes
32 photographs depicting buildings that serve as examples of the principals' earlier restorations works -- e.g. Madison Bear
Garden building (Chico) and various buildings in Santa Monica -- and an artist's rendering of a proposed restoration of the
Pico House
Date:
1980 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caArchitecture -- Conservation and restoration -- California -- Los Angeles
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- California -- Los Angeles
Historic buildings -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Historic districts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Monuments -- California -- Los Angeles
Historic sites -- California -- Los Angeles
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration
Historic buildings
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration
Historic districts
Historic sites
Monuments
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- Los Angeles
California -- Los Angeles -- El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument
Old Los Angeles Company.
Pico House (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Note:
In custom clamshell box, as issued, with title printed on top cover. Front cover of report includes same title.
Title printed on chemise containing volume: The Old Los Angeles Company: preliminary proposal.
The most recent date appearing in text of proposal is 1980.
Photographer unknown.
Photograph mounts consecutively numbered (1-32) in gold stamp.
"The City of Los Angeles signed an agreement in 1953 with Los Angeles County and the State of California, creating El Pueblo
de Los Angeles State Historic Park; this allowed the state to purchase all of the pueblo's historic buildings; in 1990 the
property was transferred to the city; in 1992 it was made into a separate city dept., with the authority to make policy, and
its name was changed to El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument" -Library of Congress subject authority file.
Type:
graphicLegislative materials.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Legislative materials.
Physical Description:
photoprint
32 photographs in 1 box : color prints on board mounts ; prints 13 x 18 cm, mounts 23 x 31 cm, box 24 x 32 x 9 cm + 1 bound
typescript report.
Language:
English