Luther A. Ingersoll (1851-1926) was local historian who authored “Ingersoll's Century History, Santa Monica Bay Cities” and “Ingersoll's Century Annals of San Bernardino County.” Born in Detroit, Michigan, Ingersoll moved to California in 1887, briefly working on published histories with Hubert Howe Bancroft before permanently settling in the Los Angeles region the following year. Ingersoll amassed an extensive collection of Southern California photographs which he donated, with great fanfare, to the Los Angeles Public Library in 1915. Ingersoll’s collection served as the foundation for the library’s photo collection. The Pico House, sometimes called "Old Pico House", built by Pio Pico in 1869-70. Seen here in the distance from Fort Hill, and fronting on the Plaza and Main Street. The front and one side of the building can be seen, and it appears to take up the whole block.
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