Henry Gaylord Wilshire was ntradictn- at once a champn of socialism, and at the same time a serial entreprenr who ma and lost several fortun a
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)
Mark W. Nelson, Henry Gaylord Wilshire, Southern California Quarterly, Vol. 96, No. 1 (Sprg 2014), pp. 41-85 * h gaylord wilshire *
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. 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.
HENRY GAYLORD WILSHIRE
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.
H. GAYLORD WILSHIRE: THE MILLNAIRE SOCIALIST
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. William owned the prospero Wilshire Safe and Sle Company and Gaylord was associated wh the enterprise.
The Wilshire fay’s enumeratn the 1870 feral cens at Ccnati, where Gaylord’s father, Gee, was listed as a retired merchant wh self-clared assets of $400, 000, a substantial sum for the era.