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Guide map of the city of Los Angeles, California Together with prominent business houses
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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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Hand coloring differentiates then existing cable railway lines and horse-drawn lines. Also electric lines in operation and those proposed, including land acquired for same. Baxter St. to the north, Hoover St. to the west, Lorena St. to the east, Jefferson to the south. Compare this map with 341666, the same map printed four years earlier. Considerable development has occurred during that period including additional public transportation lines. MS note on cover: Mch. 11 92 General Map Cable System Electric System." Cover title: Corran's Map of Los Angeles 1891. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
213824
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The verso contains many business ads along with a directory of hotels, public buildings, theaters, railway offices, etc. From Hoover on the west to "City limit Street" (today's Indiana St.) on the east, Jefferson on the south, Baxter St. to the north. Folder contains several newspaper clippings from this an earlier eras. Gift of Mrs. Florence M. Kreider June 1945. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1891 by J. Bell in the office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles (circles). Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Many advertisements and extensive directory..
258385
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Shows various railways and street railways including the Los Angeles & Ostrich Farm R. R. apparently the one in what is now Griffith Park. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Corran's Los Angeles City Map.
497760
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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.
439051
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See 72395 for original map. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1884 by H. J. Stevenson in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington." MS note: 72395. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 72395 Stamp: A. O. Adams .
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Baxter St. to the north, Hoover St. to the west, Lorena St. to the east, Jefferson to the south. Compare this map with 213824, the same map printed four years later. Considerable development occurs during that period including additional public transportation lines. "Copyright 1887." Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
341666