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{{short description|German-American manager}}
'''Charles C. Lips''' (ca. 1835–1888), also known as '''C.C. Lips,''' was a member of the [[Los Angeles Common Council]] from the First Ward in 1877–78.

Lips was born in [[Stuttgart, Germany|Stuttgart]], [[Kingdom of Württemberg]], about 1835 and "took his own life in  a moment of insanity" in [[Napa, California]], on August 4, 1888.<ref>[https://search.proquest.com/docview/163453925 "Died," ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 8, 1888, page 7]</ref><ref name=ThenAndNow>[https://search.proquest.com/docview/163556597 "Then and Now: Los Angeles Advertisers of 1880 and 1890," ''Los Angeles Times,'' January 1, 1891, page 1]</ref>

Lips, who was noted as "one of the substantial men of the city," came to L.A. from Philadelphia and worked as the manager of E. Martin & Co., a wholesale liquor house in the Baker Block. His wife's name was Mary E., and their son, [[Walter Lips]], became city fire chief in 1905.<ref name=ThenAndNow/><ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/gc/calbk/olddtd/023.sgm] Harris Newmark, ''Sixty Years in Southern California . . .,'' American Memory, Library of Congress</ref><ref>"In the Superior Court" (legal advertisement), ''Los Angeles Daily Herald,'' June 18, 1887, page 7]</ref>

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