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William R. Staats Co's. Map of Pasadena California
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Mountain Avenue (now Avenue 64) to the west, San Gabriel Ave (Blvd.) to the east, Alhambra Ave to the south, (Loma Alta, unnamed) to the north. William R. Staats Co. advertising in the surround. Street directory. See also 151991 for an earlier version. Note birds-eye view on verso. MS lines and notes.. "1905 Map Copyrighted." Cover title. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Folded into gray board cover. Verso has bird's-eye view of Pasadena and Vicinity..
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Map of the City of South Pasadena
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Columbia Street on the north, Huntington Drive on the south, San Pasqual Avenue to the west, Wilson Avenue to the east. Shows four rail lines traversing South Pasadena: Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railway (presently 110 freeway route), Santa Fe Railway (current Gold Line tracks), Pacific Electric Railway east-west along Monterey Road and on to Mission Street, Pacific Electric Railway along Huntington Drive and up Fair Oaks Avenue, Southern Pacific Railway line to the east of Fair Oaks, through current Park. Stamp: Tax and Contract Dept. Pacific Electric Railway Co., Room 264, Pacific Electric Building. "Compiled by Ben F. Dupuy Civil Engineer." MS notes: Incorporated Feb. 27, 1888, Reincorporated Sept. 28, 1889. Shows area annexed May 28, 1909. Hand tinted City boundary line. PE section lines marked in MS red.. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Blueline print.
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Plat of G. A. Swartwout's Sub-division situated in Pasadena Highlands, Pasadena, - - California
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Lake Avenue on the west, Maiden Lane on the east, New York Ave (Drive) on the south, Boston Avenue on the north. Brooklyn Avenue name later changed to Morada Drive. "71 Lots situated in Pasadena Highlands to be Sold at Auction, Thursday, Feb. 25, 1886, on the grounds, at noon, By Order of G. A. Swartwout. J. M. Batchelor & Co., Auctioneers." MS note: 340666. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Lot for sale in Pasadena
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Two children standing under a large palm plant on land next to a sidewalk and street. Sign at left reads "This lot for sale at a bargain by California Investment Co., 13 S. Raymond Ave." (Raymond Avenue is in Pasadena, California.)
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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.
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