Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an invitation to the funeral for Henry Mellus, mayor of Los Angeles, 1860. The letter is written mostly in script and there is a line drawing of a Greek pot in the upper left corner. The text of the letter reads as follows: "The funeral of the Hon. Henry Mellus, Mayor of this city, will take place on Friday the 28th instant. The procession will leave his residence for the Parish Church and cemetery at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Your attendance is solicited. Mrs. M. A. Mellus Francis Mellus James H. Lander Los Angeles, Dec. 27, 1860".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 18 x 13 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs manuscripts
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