Artist

Edna Lenz

Description

Monrovia "Planet" Building -- The Monrovia Townsite Committee offered E.L. Buck the landsite if he would start a newspaper. Buck built this structure on East Lemon, between Myrtle and Ivy Avenues; he used the first floor as a publishing plant and lived upstairs. The first issue of "The Monrovia Planet" was printed on Saturday, November 10, 1886.

Item ID

46L

Collection

Paintings

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Artist

Edna Lenz

Description

Charter Oak Tree -- This tree was named for its presumed resemblance to the historical Charter Oak in Connecticut. According to legend, Don San Antonio, a Mexican official, fled from the Americans during the California - U.S. War carrying a captured flag, important papers and some gold; with the Americans in pursuit, he cached the valuables at the broad base of this great tree.

Item ID

23L

Collection

Paintings

Less detail