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Right-of-way maps of Southern Pacific Company
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Climatic Map of California : published by the Southern Pacific Company, 1887
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Shows the "Mean Annual Temperature": Brown 68° to 72° ; Pink 60° to 68° ; Yellow 52° to 60° ; Green 44° to 52° ; White 30° to 44°. See 219197 for a year later copy. "Compiled by E. McD. Johnstone, S. P. Co." "From map prepared under the direction of Brig. Gen. H.G. Wright Chief of En'grs. U.S.A. Ms note: 313902. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Southern Pacific Comparative Climatic Map of California. MS Note: 313902.
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Map of Nevada / Southern Pacific Company
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Alt. title on verso. Verso contains text describing the state. Place index in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: "In the great central portion of the State the summers are pleasant..." MS note: 254053.
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Lands granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company now owned by Southern Pacific Land Company in California. Sheet Four and Six
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Stamp: "J. F. Schmitt Southern Pacific Lands." Showing a large portion of Riverside and Imperial Counties as owned by SP. MS notes: 1918/ So. Pacific. RR Co.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms nore: 254051.
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Map of the Southern Pacific Rail Road and connections
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Main title on map, lower left corner; alternate title at head of page. "Cheap Farms! Good Markets! Healthy Climate!" reads the description of Southern California below the map proper. An inducement for settlers to raise all forms of crops including "opium poppies" in the luxurious surroundings of this earthly paradise. Subtle shading indicates land available for sale by Southern Pacific Co. and the Union and Central Pacific Cos. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 475611.
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Maps
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In addition to flat maps, the Maps series also contain bound materials, most predominantly the Huntington Land and Improvement Company tract books. The locations on the maps mainly pertain to Southern California and Los Angeles County, with a couple charting other states ranging from across the east to west coast. The two international maps relate the layout of Triscornia, a military facility in Cuba, and Sonora, Mexico. The maps importantly reveal the various geographical involvements of companies that Huntington either owned, or did business with: Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric Railroad, Los Angeles City Railway System, California Pacific Railroad, Pacific Electric Railway, Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway, Southern Pacific Railroad, Central Covington Improvement Co.'s, Canda Manufacturing Company and Canda Realty Company, Southern Pacific Co., Northern Pacific Territory Company, West Railway Co, Newport News Shipbuilding, the Dry Dock co, and among others. In addition to maps, this subseries also contains ephemera from the McGuire Manufacturing Company, images of railroad equipment, as well as rain charts of Southern California.
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Pacific Electric Railway Company historical chart
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Chart displays constituent and predecessor companies of the Pacific Electric Railway Company as of June 30, 1914, with 73 individual units listed. Unit entries include company title, date of incorporation, and date of consolidation or stock purchase.
mssHM 84042