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Clason's Map of Los Angeles

Description: Map of central Los Angeles overprinted with half mile circles from 8th and Broadway, headquarters for Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, also showing branches within map area. Street index in surround. Mile and half mile concentric circles. MS note:181423. "Copyright 1919 By the Clason Map Co. of California." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1919
Call number: 181423
Creator: Clason Map Company of California(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 61 x 43 cm
Associated organization: Pacific-Southwest Trust & Savings Bank (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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Official transportation and city map of Los Angeles California and suburbs

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Originally drawn in 1910, this is the 1919 revision. For an earlier edition see RB 477767; for later editions see RB 492439 and 402169; for a map without the transportation system featured, see RB ephMPCALIF0068. Concentric miles circles from 12th & Broadway. Submap: San Fernando Valley. Street Index in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Official transportation and city map of Los Angeles, California and suburbs

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"Copyright, 1911, by Laura L. Whitlock for Los Angeles Ry." Scale not given. Coordinates not present on map, approximated from Google maps. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows radial distances, and Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric Railway lines. Shows urban routes of Los Angeles Railway system and Pacific Electric Railway; also connecting route of Glendale & Eagle Rock Railway. Concentric circles and 1-mile intervals indicate distances from city center. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.

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Map of the City of Los Angeles

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Old shelf number ephJ2d. Mile circles up to 4 miles from town center. Index in surround. Index in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J2d.

ephMPCALIF0048

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Map of Pasadena and Vicinity Los Angeles Co. California

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A large rolled and varnished map of Pasadena, Linda Vista tracts to the west, San Gabriel Blvd. to the east, Sierra Madre Mountains to the north, Pine St. (S0. Pasadena) to the south. Concentric half mile circles from Colorado & Fair Oaks. Short lived Marceline cut-off of California Central Rail line shown. City limits appear to extend into parts of present day South Pasadena (incorporated the next year). An index to this map can be found in Huntington Folios, case L-2 under the same number. "Compiled from Records and other authentic sources by James H. Campbell and Jesse O. Marsh 1887" "Copyright 1887 by Campbell & Marsh." Varnished, hard to photograph.. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 153015 Sticker: Pasadena.

153015

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Clason's guide map of Montana

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In addition to roads and railroads this map shows oil and gas properties scattered across the state. Many current roads are missing. Town Index right side. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 436177.

436177

Map showing location of the "Central Manufacturing District" of Los Angeles : with relation to the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Harbor

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Old shelf number ephJ2d. A map of the Los Angeles basin highlighting part of current day Vernon, still an industrial district. Five mile circles from city center. Submap: Central Manufacturing District of Los Angeles. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blue line print. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J2d Stamp: Rapid Blue Print Co. MS note: Los Angeles and Harbor with District in Pacific Ocean.

ephMPCALIF0043

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