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Jottings In Southern California History Inscribed By Author To A Boyhood Friend
1955réf. 008394Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press 1955. First Edition . Boards. Near Fine/Fair. Photographs. 162 X Pp. Brown Cloth Sp;Ine Tan Boards. First Printing.Nicely Inscribed To A "Boyhood Chum And Life Long Friend" Who Is Also Mentioned In The Book As Being Present At The Very Small Memorial For Homer Lea. This Copy Also With Errata Slip At Rear The Four Page Single Sheet Folded Prospectus For The Book From The Ward Ritchie Press And Several Early Clippings About The Book And Newmark. A Clean Copy A Little Aging At Top Of Boards At On Front Endpaper From Newspaper Clippings No Damage To Fragile Paper Covers. Heavy Glassine Dust Jacket Is Chipped Large Chip Taking Away Much Of Top Rear Panel But All Printed Lettering Unaffected And Not Price-Clipped. Marco R. Newmark Was One Of The Children Of Harris Newmark 1834 - 1916 Who Per Wikipedia Was A Jewish American Businessman Philanthropist And Historian Who Was Born In The West Prussian City Of Löbau Now Lubawa Poland. Newmark Immigrated To The United States In 1853. He Sailed From Europe To New York City And Then To San Francisco. He Joined His Older Brother And Other Family In Los Angeles. His Branch Of The Family Were Among The Founders And Developers Of The Region. At The End Of 1885 Newmark Retired From The Grocery Business To Devote More Time To His Real Estate And Investment Pursuits. In 1886 He And Four Other Businessmen: His Nephew Kaspare Cohn John D. Bicknell Stephen M. White And I.W. Hellman-Purchased A 5000-Acre 20 Km2 Ranch Located In East Los Angeles Called Rancho Repetto. The Land Had Been Owned By An Italian Settler Named Alessandro Repetto Who Had Bequeathed The Ranch To His Brother Antonio. Newmark's Group Bought The Inheritance For Us$60000 Or About $12 Per Acre. In May 1899 Newmark Subdivided The Tract Owned By Him And His Nephew After Contracting With William Mulholland To Design And Construct A Suitable Water System For The New Settlement.9 Accounts Differ As To The Actual Size Of Newmark And Cohn's Parcel But It Was Somewhere Around 1200 To 1500 Acres 6.1 Km2. A Piece Of This Tract Adjacent To The Tracks Of The San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Was Developed Into A Town Site Called Newmark. The Remaining Land Was Subdivided Into 5-Acre 2.0 Ha Lots Suitable For Small-Scale Agriculture. The Entire Settlement Including The Newmark Town Site Was Given The Name Montebello. When The Town Incorporated In 1920 It Renamed The City As Montebello. Newmark Contributed To Developing Many Local Institutions Such As The Los Angeles County Library And Others Supporting Children's Welfare. He Wrote A Memoir Sixty Years In Southern California: 1853-1913 Which Has Been Cited In Dozens Of Academic Papers And Books. It Is Described As The Los Angeles Equivalent Of A Pepys Diary. Ward Ritchie Press hardcover
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