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    Map of the City of San Francisco

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    Alt title from cover. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: R. N. Bellows Lick House San Francisco 1854-58 347648.

    347648

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    Map of the City of San Francisco

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    Map was published in Colville's Directory, volume 1 (see RB 65016). Shows original shoreline and considerable fill already accomplished. Submap shows San Francisco County extending half way to San Jose. Submap: County of San Francisco. MS note: X71002. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Varies. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: About 1852 $14.00.

    71002

  • [Interior view of Sutro baths complex]

    [Interior view of Sutro baths complex]

    Visual Materials

    Image of a depiction of the Sutro Baths located in San Francisco, California. Sutro Baths was a complex of multiple public saltwater baths that opened to the general public in 1896 by philanthropist Adolph Sutro. The colorful lithograph is large in size and was printed in four sheets. Images include a row of multiple swimmers lined up along railings, figures performing swimming techniques in water, athletes performing trapeze acts, spectators watching from balconies, and other individuals performing recreational activities in the indoor pool and gymnasium. Building is multiple stories high, with high-vaulted ceilings. Green load-bearing posts and columns hold the structure in place. Green staircases and ladders are depicted in the large complex, along with black and white lamps hanging from the ceiling. Background depiction of the balcony includes decorative green plants and foliage surrounding the space.

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    Britton & Rey's guide map of the city of San Francisco

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    A detailed city map with attached movable scale or tape. Ms note: 384734. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: San Francisco 1887 Britton & Rey 384734.

    384734

  • Collin's Landing. ; Bowen's Landing

    Collin's Landing. ; Bowen's Landing

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    One of a series of 35 charts of small California harbors. The maps are hand tinted and include notes on the harbor conditions for ships. From the library of John Haskell Kemble. "Presented to U. S. Coast Survey with compliments of New Zealand Insurance Company ... San Francisco, Jany. 23, 1886." "E. A. Dakin, Electric Pen Printer, 320 Sansome St." Previously identified as 479297n. Coordinates based on the location of Collins Landing (USGS ID 1658302).

    479297:08

  • Map showing subdivision or lands belonging to the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Co

    Map showing subdivision or lands belonging to the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Co

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    Roughly from Victory Blvd. on the north, Los Angeles River on the south, Laurel Canyon on the west, Cahuenga Blvd. on the east. View from Hollywood Hills looking north. Vignettes: Bird-eye view from Hollywood Hills; Fruit & birds. Submap: Relationship of this property to City of Los Angeles.. "Being the east 12,000 acres of the southern half of Ranch Ex-Mission San Fernando Los Angeles County, California Surveyed Nov. 1887 by E. G. Jones." Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps.

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