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Real Estate Map of the City of Los Angeles March 1896

Description: Large wall map, city limits drawn in MS red. Shows streetcar lines and railroads. West to 1st Avenue (Wilton?) east to Lorena, north to Aliso Street, south to approx. Slauson Ave. Detailed information on subdivisions and streets which were modified later particularly in the western areas. See 273833 for a copy of this map published one year earlier. Index of Subdivisions; Index of Streets.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1897
Call number: 276715
Creator: Grosmann, Charles(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 192 x 161 cm
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Real Estate Map of the City of Los Angeles March 1896

Rare Books

Large wall map, city limits drawn in MS red. Shows streetcar lines and railroads. West to 1st Avenue (Wilton?) east to Lorena, north to Aliso Street, south to approx. Slauson Ave. Detailed information on subdivisions and streets which were modified later particularly in the western areas. See 276715 for a copy of this map published one year later. Index of Subdivisions; Index of Streets.. "Compiled from Pub. Records by Chas. Grosman." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

273833

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Cox & Sanders Index Map of Los Angeles City corrected to Jan 1st 1896

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Western Ave. on the west, Lorena on the east, Jefferson on the south, Baxter on the north. Shows 20 different street car lines in red and blue. Index of businesses, street car lines, streets, etc. MS notes: The franchise for the blue line on 8th St. S.West of Figueroa St. was granted in 1895. Tracks were not laid until 1897, operation started to Rampart. St. on Dec 1st 1897. Property of A. B. Merrihew.. "Showing all streets and street car lines and sewer connections. Index shows location of streets and shortest car routes from centre of city." "Copyright 1896 by Geo. F. Cox." Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms note: 235548 Label.

235548

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Map of the City of Los Angeles and Western Suburbs

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Ninth Avenue to the west, Santa Monica Ave. (now Exposition Blvd.) to the south, Baxter Street (near Silver Lake) to the north, Lorena Street to the east. Street and Business Block index. This is a year later than 213818 done by the same authors with few if any apparent changes. 213818 has been modified to show the street rail-lines. "Compiled for Chandler & Hall City Circulators, of the Los Angeles Herald, 1893." "Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1893 by Chandler & Hall in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C." Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

262760

Map of the City of Los Angeles showing railway system. Sept. 3rd 1904, Sept. 17th 1904

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Shows streets and electric streetcar lines. The streetcar lines for Los Angeles Railway Company, Pacific Electric Railway Company, Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway and Los Angles Pacific Rail Road are depicted in different colors. Covers the city of Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Country Club to the West, Slauson Ave. to the South, the Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights to the East, and Elysian Park to the North. Scale statement on map reads "1320 feet to one inch." Coordinates not present on map, approximated from Google maps. Relief given in hachures. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.

646648

Map of the City of Los Angeles: [showing weight of rails laid]

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Shows streets and prospective electric streetcar lines in red and black. Probably dates before 1903 as the rail lines are not named. Legend gives weights of rails laid. Covers the city of Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Country Club to the West, Slauson Ave. to the South, the Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights to the East, and Elysian Park to the North. "H.E.H." are the initials of Henry E. Huntington, who owned the Pacific Electric Railway Company. Scale statement on map reads "1320 feet to one inch." Coordinates not present on map, approximated from Google maps. Relief given in hachures. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.

646649

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Map of the City of Los Angeles and Western Suburbs Compiled for Chandler & Hall City Circulators, of the Los Angeles Herald, 1892

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A fine map of the then existing four street railway systems with power houses and depots indicated in color. Ninth Avenue to the west, Santa Monica Ave. (now Exposition Blvd.) to the south, Baxter Street (near Silver Lake) to the north, Lorena Street to the east. Street and Business Block index. See also 262760 for a year earlier copy of this map. Cover title: Map of Los Angeles City. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

213818

Real Estate Map of the City of Los Angeles March 1896

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