H. Gaylord Wilshire: The Millnaire Socialist – Fullerton History

Contents:

• HENRY GAYLORD WILSHIRE (1861-1927)
• “SHEEP’S BRAS OR HUMAN?”: A PROSPECT FOR GAYLORD WILSHIRE’S GOLD ME, LOS ANGEL, OCTOBER 1915
• HENRY GAYLORD WILSHIRE
• H. GAYLORD WILSHIRE: THE MILLNAIRE SOCIALIST

HENRY GAYLORD WILSHIRE (1861-1927)

Wilshire Boulevard got s name om a flamboyant character named Henry Gaylord Wilshire.

“SHEEP’S BRAS OR HUMAN?”: A PROSPECT FOR GAYLORD WILSHIRE’S GOLD ME, LOS ANGEL, OCTOBER 1915

Gaylord Wilshire had many pursus his lifetime.

HENRY GAYLORD WILSHIRE

For more rmatn about Gaylord Wilshire, see the fantastic book Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Conurse of Los Angel and/or this blog post by Jam Col Campbell.

Henry Gaylord Wilshire on JSTOR. One of the more notable and unual figur the regn om the 1880s through the 1920s was Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861-1927) and today’s featured object om the Homtead’s llectn is a prospect for his Gaylord Gold Me, issued October 1915.

When Wilshire’s much olr brother, William, head wt to San Francis, Gaylord, who first worked as a clerk his father’s bank, joed his siblg.

H. GAYLORD WILSHIRE: THE MILLNAIRE SOCIALIST

William owned the prospero Wilshire Safe and Sle Company and Gaylord was associated wh the enterprise.