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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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The official map of the city of Marysville, California
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Shows streets, parks, rivers and other water features. Transportation routes appear to be given in red. Covers the city of Los Angeles, with Slauson Ave. as the southern border, Arlington and Western Ave. to the west, Westminster Ave. to the east. The northeast portion of Los Angeles is shown in an inset. Scale not given. Coordinates not present on map, approximated from Google maps. The Mutual Label & Lithographic Co. Los Angeles office was established sometime in the 1880s. Following the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, the company changed its name to Schmidt Lithograph Company. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Manuscript annotation notes the location of the Catholic and Hebrew cemeteries. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.
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May be late 1890s or early 1900s. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Half Mile circles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Shows streets, parks, rivers and other water features. Rail lines are given in red and black. Covers the city of Los Angeles, with Slauson Ave. as the southern border, Arlington and Western Ave. to the west, Westminster Ave. to the east. The northeast portion of Los Angeles is shown in an inset. Scale not given. Coordinates not present on map, approximated from Google maps. The Mutual Label & Lithographic Co. Los Angeles office was established sometime in the 1880s. Following the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, the company changed its name to Schmidt Lithograph Company. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Manuscript legend on label pasted under title reads: Red lines: L.A. Ry. Co., Pacific Electric Co.; Plain black lines: Los A. Traction Co., Los A. O.P. & Stam. Ry Co.; Dotted black lines: Los A. Pacific R.R. Co. Manuscript annotation on verso "Drawer 20 No. 26". Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.
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A large detailed map of the city with prominent buildings in the surround. Vignettes: Prominent buildings. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Chains. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Lower section badly shredded and poorly repaired. Blueline map on roller. Sierra Madre Ave to the north, Approximately Vernon Avenue to the west, Cerritos Avenue to the east, approx. Paramount St. to the south. "J. H. McClymonds Jr. C.E. 1906." "Corrected to 1909 by A. B. Waddingham City Engineer" Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Blueline print. Verso Text: MS note: 439051.
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