They contain less information about occupants, but in many cases cover a wider geographic range. These directories are slimmer than the city directories, as they only include people who owned telephones. These are titled Downey Home Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1905-1939, and Consolidated Telephone Company: Whittier, La Habra, Rivera, Pico from 1940-1942. These are stored in the Whittier History Room and are for library use only.ĭowney-area Telephone Directories: The library's collection of early Downey-area phone directories spans 1905-1942. Cities, townships and neighborhoods covered include East Whittier, South Whittier, North Whittier, La Habra, Santa Fe Springs, Los Nietos, Potrero Heights, Rincon, Rivera, Montebello, & Pico. These are titled Whittier Home Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1904-1935, and Consolidated Telephone Company: Whittier, La Habra, Rivera, Pico from 1939-1948. Whittier-area Telephone Directories: The library's collection of early Whittier-area phone directories spans 1904-1948. These books are large, heavy, and fragile, and patrons must be accompanied by a trained library staff member in order to access them, to ensure they are not damaged. County Property Assessment Information System website, to determine the following pieces of information: who owned a parcel of land when "improvements" (structures) were built on the land, and what they cost to build and additional properties in Whittier a landowner also owned. This resource can be used in tandem with Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, city directories, and the L.A. Index volumes accompany the ledgers covering 1898-1919. Tax Assessment Ledgers: The library's collection of tax assessment ledgers spans 1898 to 1956. These are stored in the Whittier History Room and are for library use only. Starting in the edition of 1920-1921, the books include a reverse address feature in which addresses are organized by street as well. Whittier City Directories: The library’s collection of Whittier City Directories spans 1903 to 1977 and is organized alphabetically by occupant. In Person: At the Central Library in Uptown Whittier Whittier-Specific Resources The Shades of Whittier Collection, created with photos lent to the library by Whittier-area residents and digitized, includes many family photos. You may search using the same strategy as above, or browse folders People, Businesses, Organizations, and Residences, to hunt for a familiar face. Whittier Historical Photograph Collection: The library’s collection of Historical Photographs includes many photographs of early Whittier pioneers.
Greenleaf” as well as “102 North Greenleaf”. Search with quotation marks around the search term, and try searching once with the direction abbreviated, and again with the direction spelled out. The directional indicator (north, south, east, or west) of pre-1966 addresses is important – for instance, at one time there were two 102 Greenleaf Avenues, one North and one South. You can also search for a relative by their address. Charles Strong,” “Hattie Strong,” “Harriet R. Search a relative’s name with quotation marks around it for fewer irrelevant results, and try variations on relatives’ names, such as “Harriet Russell Strong,” “Mrs. Whittier Digital Newspaper Collection: This collection is helpful in finding information on relatives living in and around Whittier from 1888 to 1956. City directories are useful in finding out the span of years that relatives lived in Whittier, as well as finding their address for additional avenues of search. Whittier City Directories 19: Two of the earliest Whittier City Directories have been digitized and are keyword searchable here. Online: Whittier Local History Digital Collections
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