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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of a promotional land sale barbeque in Monrovia (Montrose?) near Glendale, February 22, 1913. A group of automobiles and horse-drawn carriages are parked at the center of a clearing, while pedestrians walk around towards the barbeque tables pictured in the left distance where a small shack can be seen to the side of a dirt road, and in the right foreground, surrounded by temporary fence. A road lined by utility poles curves behind the gathering from the left of the frame towards the mountains in the background, with an even smaller second shack stands near piles of gravel. A sign near the dirt road reads "Montrose [...] Holmes Realtor Co.". Picture file card reads: "Part of Rancho San Rafael". Picture file card for CHS-12687 identifies the realtors as Homes-Walton Co. Additional information includes "Tract no.1701, M.B. 22 pp. 178 and 9. Recorded February 6, 1913: E.T. Wright, engineer. Original print postcard size".
Real estate promotion Real property Real estate business Dinners and dining Barbecue cookery Automobiles Carriages and carts Horses San Rafael Ranch Land parcels
Time Period
1913-02-22
Place
California Los Angeles Monrovia USA
Source
1-29-41 [Microfiche number] 7592; 12687 [Accession number] CHS-7592; CHS-12687 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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