• Hearing History, Life in 1880s Los Angeles As Told By The Mayor's Daughter

The following is a 1964 recording of Belle Buford Thom Collins, born in 1878, speaking about her childhood in Los Angeles in the 1880s. Mrs. Collins' father, Cameron E. Thom, was the Mayor of Los Angeles between 1882 and 1884.

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AUTHOR/NARRATOR

Belle Buford Thom Collins, born in 1878, speaking about her childhood in Los Angeles in the 1880s. Mrs. Collins' father, Cameron Erskine Thom (June 20, 1825 – February 2, 1915), born in Culpeper County, Virginia,  was an attorney and Confederate officer, wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, and, later, a California state senator, Los Angeles County district attorney, city attorney and 16th mayor of Los Angeles between 1882 and 1884.

Hearing History, Life in 1880s Los Angeles As Told By The Mayor's Daughter

Author: Belle Buford Thom Collins

Narrator: Belle Buford Thom Collins

ISBN: 9798886422955

SRP: $7.95

Length: 0:40:00

Item No: PL815

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