Title supplied by cataloger. In 1901 a pair of developers by the name of A.L. Burbank and E.V. Baker came to control a 100-acre tract of land called Sunrise Tract that had once belonged to the prosperous Lugo Family. Burbank and Baker subdivided the land and changed the name of the development to La Park. In 1902 they enticed Henry Huntington to extend a line of his Pacific Electric Railway to and through their land and granted Huntington a right-of-way for his railway along what is now Randolph Street; they re-named their development Huntington Park. On August 20, 1906 the vote to incorporate Huntington Park as its own city passed 77 to 17. Eleven days later, on September 1, 1906, a population of 526 residents was officially established and recognized as The City of Huntington Park. At least two-dozen of Huntington Park's dignitaries gathered for a type of ceremony or groundbreaking at an unidentified park. One man holds up a shovel, as others look on and smile. Several benches, numerous trees, and a large building can be seen in the background.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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