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Present-day Baja California of Mexico was misrepresented in early maps as an island.This example c. 1650. Restored. The first European explorers, flying the flags of Spain and of England, sailed along the coast of California from the early 16th century to the mid-18th century, but no European settlements were established.
Telephone numbers listed in 1920 in New York City having three-letter exchange prefixes. In the United States, the most-populous cities, such as New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, initially implemented dial service with telephone numbers consisting of three letters and four digits (3L-4N) according to a system developed by W. G. Blauvelt of AT&T in 1917. [1]
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In 1920, oil production in California had expanded to 77 million barrels. [17] Between 1920 and 1930, new oil fields across southern California were being discovered with regularity, including Huntington Beach in 1920, Long Beach and Santa Fe Springs in 1921, and Dominguez in 1923. [17]
From 1825 to 1848 the average number of ships traveling to California increased to about 25 ships per year—a large increase from the average of 2.5 ships per year from 1769 to 1824. [37] The port of entry for trading purposes was the Alta California Capital, Monterey, California, where custom duties of about 100% were applied. These high ...
California Building, now the Museum of Us, Panama–California Exposition, 1915 Kansas Building, Panama–California Exposition, 1915 Carthay Circle Theater, Los Angeles, 1926 Carleton Monroe Winslow (December 27, 1876 – 1946), also known as Carleton Winslow Sr. , was an American architect, and key proponent of Spanish Colonial Revival ...
1920 Population: 576,673 city; [39] 936,455 county. Douglas Aircraft Company in business in nearby Santa Monica. [1] 1921 May 2: the Los Angeles Steamship Company starts their five times per week overnight passenger and freight service to San Francisco; Hollywood Legion Stadium opens. [1] Hollywood Masonic Temple and Hollyhock House (residence ...
On September 12, 1870, the Southern California Colony Association of Jurupa was formed, and on September 14 they purchased much of the Silk Association's land and water rights. Initially the new colony was referred to as Jurupa, for the name of the original Rancho that occupied the area, but the Colony Association formally adopted the name ...