Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Committee selected to survey the route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
For another copy see RB 43236; for the top half of the original 1857 map on which this is based, see RB 49791; for a reduced reproduction of the original 1857 map, see RB 342277. Blue lines show the division of the country into Military Departments. Utah covers present day Utah and Nevada, New Mexico covers Arizona and New Mexico. Two red lines show the proposed northern and southern rail routes. At head of title: Engineer Bureau, War Department. "Engraved on stone by Julius Bien Co., New York." Listed Authorities and exploration dates. "Engineer Bureau. War Department" "...originally prepared to accompany the Reports of the Explorations for a Pacific Railroad Route; originally prepared to accompany the reports of the explorations for a Pacific railroad route ; made in accordance with the 10th & 11th sections of the Army Appropriation, Act of March 3rd 1853." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: W. G. Ritch.
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Shows soundings along routes. Also has a hand inscribed record of voyages in 1904 and 1908 from Los Angeles to Hawaii and beyond." This chart corrected to Feb. 13 1903, the date it was issued by the Hydrographic Office." Stamp: George E. Butler U. S. Government Charts. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Four sheet map showing postal routes as corresponding to rail lines. Few other routes shown. For later editions (though only the northern 2 sheets), see RB 356070 and 336662; for a complete later edition see RB 41447. MS notes: 372248 Cal & Nevada 1,2,3,4. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
372248
Visual Materials
Image of a map of a portion of the Eastern United States from as far west as Omaha, Nebraska, showing railroad routes of the Michigan Central and Great Western Railroad and connecting lines, with a vignette in the lower left corner of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge and an inset map in the lower right corner of the Western United States showing railroad routes and titled, "Map between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean"; map verso contains panels with the fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions including an image of a freight car for the Great Central Route's Blue Line, and timetables.
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Rare Books
Shows the penciled track of a ship in 1904 from Los Angeles to Fiji and Marquesas Islands. "The magnetic variations curves are for 1896." Map seller's stamp: George E. Botler of San Francisco. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Lithography.
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