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Rare Books
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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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Alt. title from cover. Submaps: Vicinity of Niagara Falls; North Maine; New York; Philadelphia; Boston; Baltimore; New Orleans; Mobile; Cincinnati; St. Louis; Charleston; Pittsburg(h); Chicago; Detroit; Washington; South Florida. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Steel engraving.
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1852 version of a map first copyrighted in 1836 with several MS notes on railway routes and various boundaries. For a later edition of the map, see RB 254876. Submaps: Vicinity of Alton & St. Louis; Vicinity of Galena, the Lead Region and part of Wisconsin & Iowa. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Woodcut. Verso Text: MS note: Illinois 1852 81937.
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Visual Materials
Kashnor notes, " Shows the Illinois Country and the Western Territory, locating Chicago and the River Cuyahoga in Ohio Country." MS note: 522 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 522 (on backing).
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Manuscripts
Includes poster of the Chicago and North Western with dining car scene, 1877 and posters of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, Chicago and Alton, Denver and Rio Grande, Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul, Burlington, Rio Grande Western and Union Pacific railroads, 1880's.
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Bianconi's Roads shown in red. Author's first name found in city directories for Dublin from 1850 and 1852. Gift of Mrs. Homer Crotty, November 1991. Territorial Division Table. Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 493974.
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Hand coloring shows various street materials used in paving 105.99 miles of city streets. Later MS additions show horse car lines and railroads existing up to January 1895. Additions by L. P.; "Street cars run on all streets marked with red lines. Streets marked 1,2,3,4 or 5 in red denote the street car lines which run on these streets. 1. Los Angeles Railway; 2. Pacific Electric Railway; 3. Los Angeles Pacific Railway; 4. Traction Line; 5. Los Angeles - Redondo Electric Line. [Bimini Baths and L. A. Country Club also marked in red.]" "Copyright 1904 by Newman & Wilson." Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Two color letterpress. Verso Text: MS note: 202453..
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