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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Rare Books
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
Covers today's Santa Clarita Valley, centered on Newhall. Shows Refinery, Lyons Avenue, Railroad Ave. "This survey embraces every variety of soil and climate to be found in Southern California. For full particulars including prices and terms, address Jesse Yarnell, Los Angeles, Cal." Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Chains. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 434887.
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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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Manuscripts
Map of subdivision number 2 of lot 83 showing location of concrete pipe line surveyed by V.J. Rowan and J.E. Roberts. Photocopy.
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Description on verso. MS note: 255192. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Acres. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Cheap Homes in Southern California. with text. MS note: Fairview.
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Visual Materials
Old shelf number: eph J5-12(2). County Road is now Whittier Blvd. For a map of this area after it became incorporated Whittier, see RB ephMPCALIF0035. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-12(2).
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Visual Materials
Old shelf number: eph J5-18(1). This map divides the interests of Porter Land & Water Co., George K. Porter, and B.F. Porter by hand colored boundaries. Shows Catalina Pico and Rinaldi ranch holdings, the towns of "Fernando" and "Chatsworth-Park." MS notes on property use and disposition. Olin G. McWain, whose stamp is on the verso, did not start working as a blueprint and map printer until 1898, based on Los Angeles directories of the time; the company continued until at least 1920 in the Byrne Building. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blue print copy. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J5-18(1). Blueprint of Rancho Ex Mission de San Fernando, Los Angeles, Calif. Stamp: Olin G. McWain Blue Printing and Map Mounting, Byrne Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.
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