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

    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.

    646659

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    Bridwell's Map of Los Angeles

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    Wall map of Los Angeles as far south as El Segundo. Hand colored designation numbers. See 268914 for southern extension of this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blueline print.

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  • Official map of the city of Los Angeles, California Map No. 3

    Official map of the city of Los Angeles, California Map No. 3

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    Shows streets, parks, rivers and other water features. Rail lines are given in red and black. 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 legend on label pasted under title reads: Red lines: L.A. Ry. Co., Pacific Electric Co.; Plain black lines: Los A. Traction Co., Los A. O.P. & Stam. Ry Co.; Dotted black lines: Los A. Pacific R.R. Co. Manuscript annotation on verso "Drawer 20 No. 26". Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.

    646656

  • Map of the city of Los Angeles, showing railway systems

    Map of the city of Los Angeles, showing railway systems

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    Shows lines of Pacific Electric Co., Los Angeles Railway Corp., Los Angeles Traction Co., and Los Angeles Pacific Co. Scale not given. Coordinates not presented on map, approximated from Google maps. Relief shown by hachures. Two variant copies, one showing existing lines and the other existing lines and undeveloped franchises. Includes street index. "Copyrighted by Laura L. Whitlock for L.A. Ry Co., 1903." "American Engraving and Electrotyping Company." This copy shows existing lines. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.

    646661

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    Map of the Texas Santa Fe & Northern Railroad as far as the South Border of the Territory of New Mexico, United States

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    This railroad had built a section of track between Santa Fe and Espanola, but projected a vast network of tracks across the state, already served by AT &SF Ry and others. Issued in London probably as a promotional piece. "Issued by the London Office of the Texas, Santa Fe & Northern Railway Company." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker: 127899.

    127899

  • Lands granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company now owned by Southern Pacific Land Company in California. Sheet Four and Six

    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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