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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Riverside, the city beautiful, Riverside county, California
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
At head of map: "Compliments of the Riverside Chamber of Commerce." Submap: Citrus Experiment Station University of California. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 499647.
499647
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Tract map now in eight pieces. Handle with care. "Is 15 miles south-west of Riverside, and 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the Santa Fe Line. The town site is beautiful in location, encircled by a grand boulevard 3 miles long and 100 feet wide..." For later maps see HEH 356005 and ephMPCALIF0019. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS Note: Not a true map - all streets except Victoria, Ramona, Belle are Avenues. They changed Washburn to an Ave. because Ramona was an Ave. Map 26 x 40.
356004
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Visual Materials
Old shelf number: eph J4-11(4). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J4-11(4).
ephMPCALIF0021
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Old shelf number: eph J4-11a 1a,b,c. Three copies of the same printed map with variations of manuscript notes on railway and property owners. Two backed with paper, one showing an MS map on the verso. Interesting quote: "Magnolia Avenue Running through the center of this tract is 10 miles long and 132 feet wide, with sidewalks 20 feet in width; in its center it is shaded its entire length by a magnificent growth of pepper, the most beautiful ornamental tree known to landscape gardeners, making a double driveway, and upon the sides by a splendid growth of Palm, Gravilia and Eucalyptus, with magnolias as each crossing, making it the grandest avenue and most beautiful drive in California or in the world." Submap: Map showing the relative location of lands in Riverside. MS notes. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 34G EphJ4-11(11a) 1a,b,c. R1/4 stickers: No. 51, 48.
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