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San Marino, CA 91108
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Topolobampo harbor, Sinaloa, Mexico
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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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Manuscripts
The three blueprint maps are of Topolobampo, Mexico. It also includes Bachomobampo and Bahia de Ohuira, and lands owned by "Messrs Carman and Ybarra."
mssHM 79803-79805
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Visual Materials
A collection of photographs of the state of Sinaloa in Mexico, chiefly showing scenes of farms, landscapes, ranch workers and operations, sugar plants, villages, and villagers. There are photographs of sisal plants in the wild and on farms; roadside inns; wagon stops; and a few ranch houses.
photCL 25
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An attempt to plot the shortest railroad route to be used by shipping from England to Japan (Norfolk VA, Austin TX, Topolobampo, Mexico). This is the west coast terminal end of the map. See also 438372 and 438376. Vignettes: Farallon of St. Ignacio, Topoloblampo Highlands. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
438375
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Manuscripts
The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.
mssArnold
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MS notes: VG dup. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
438374
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Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
mssMarston papers