History of Highland Park

This circa 1940 article (http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/10/520292.pdf) provides a brief, eulogistic history of Highland Park. It includes a couple of photographs of prominent buildings. Check it out to learn such details as Chapman and Glassell purchased the land that is now Highland Park for $1 an acre, that both Taft and Roosevelt (Teddy) visited Occidental, and lots of details about specific businesses linking them to specific addresses. Though the article is incomplete there’s plenty here to savor.