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Title: Samuel Calvert Foy residence
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1919
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Panoramic view of the former Samuel Calvert Foy property, looking northeast from 7th Street on December 20, 1919. A car is parked on the street. Samuel Foy was the father of the first female City Librarian, Mary Foy. As of this photo date, the property was being used by the Golden State Transfer Co. In 1921 the house was moved to Witmer Street just north of Wilshire Blvd. In late 1992 it was again moved to the Angeleno Heights district of Los Angeles.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00061646
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-(111); S-000-469.1 8x10
CARL0000065891
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/106336
Subject: Golden State Transfer Co
Architecture, Domestic--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.--California--Los Angeles

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