Manuscripts

Map showing city lands north of the official bed of the Los Angeles River

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1912 June.
Call number: mssHM 84461
Creator: Hamlin, Homer (1864-1920)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. Transferred from Rare Books Department, September 1953.
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Map of official bed of Los Angeles River

Manuscripts

taken from City Map No. 23, with adjoining parcels, from the Toma* to south of First St.*, hachures, parcel owners, courses, distances; with Thomas Tract added in pencil. Alt title supplied by cataloger.

mssSolano SR_Map_0568.02

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Map showing Los Angeles River

Manuscripts

mssHM 84443

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Official map of Los Angeles city

Rare Books

Hand coloring shows various street materials used in paving 105.99 miles of city streets. For later versions, see RB ephMPCALIF0056, ephMPCALIF0057, ephMPCALIF0058, ephMPCALIF0075, ephMPCALIF0076, and ephMPCALIF0082. Later MS additions show horse car lines and railroads existing up to January 1895. Additions by L. P.; Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Letterpress. Verso Text: The Latest City Map of Los Angeles, Cal. Earth's Garden Spot Population 125,000 Compliments of Bekins Van and Storage 244 South Broadway, telephone Main 19. Photos of warehouse and rail car.

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Official Map No. 2 of Los Angeles City

Manuscripts

Surveyed July 1868; from record of Map of the 35 Acre lots... Hancock survey, east of Los Angeles River; Section 58 showing parcel owners along river: Behn, Ruiz, Austria, Carion with surface detailing, distances Paper watermark: Crane & Co. Dalton, Mass 1888 Bond. Alt. title supplied by cataloger.

mssSolano SR_Box_29(36).05

Official Map No. 66 of Los Angeles City

Manuscripts

Map of the Extension of Los Angeles Street from First Street to Ogier Lane, on p. 3 of stapled document, "Main Sewer betw Commercial Street..." showing parcel owners, Morgan Avenue; distances. Alt. title supplied by cataloger.

mssSolano SR_Box_29(38).04

Official map of the city of Los Angeles, California

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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Map showing city lands north of the official bed of the Los Angeles River

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