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Van Nuys - Lankershim Lands
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Los Angeles Suburban Homes Co
Manuscripts
2 items: map of town sites in the San Fernando Valley. The map is titled "Van Nuys - Lankershim Lands." Surveyor - Y.J. (or V.J.) Rowan, 1910. The area shown included, west to east, the towns of Owensmouth, Marian and Van Nuys, with the Santa Monica Mountains to the south. Area marked "Not a part of this subdivision" is today's Sepulveda Basin ; printout of information sheet on another edition of same map from Huntington Rare Books Map Collection. NOTE: the town site of "Marian" was originally named for Harry Chandler's wife. The district is now know as Reseda.
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Lankershim and Van Nuys Ranchos
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Illustrated promotional postcard with a birds eye view of a large portion of Los Angeles County from the Pacific Ocean to the San Fernando Valley, and showing the townsites of the Lankershim Rancho and Van Nuys Rancho, with the route of the Southern Pacific Railway running through them to the city of Los Angeles.
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E.N. Martin - Van Nuys Blvd. Land Company & Southwest Company
Manuscripts
Approx. 30 items: a collection of tax documents related to Van Nuys Blvd. Land Co. and letters related to operations of the Southwest Company.
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Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company
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Printed in several colors and with offsets, shows the entire basin from Newhall on the north to Newport on the south, prominently showing the Lankershim Ranch in red. Verso contains extensive sales information, and notes sales " Since the first day of February, 1888.." MS note: 442744. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sales information regarding the Lankershim Ranch property..
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[Prospectus for Lankershim Ranch Land & Water Co.]
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Dated from verso prospectus for the land. See W. W. Robinson's "Maps of Los Angeles" No. 91. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Printed prospectus.
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Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of City Planning -- Maps (Reseda, West Van Nuys District)
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The Southern California Regional Planning Collection was donated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Department, George Marr, Edward Holden, Glen Blossom, Simon Eisner, and Glenda Hamilton to the Huntington Library in 1997. The Southern California Regional Planning Collection is organized into two series: 1) Published Planning Reports Series (organized by individual item numbers) 2) Internal Documents Series (organized by box and folder numbers).The Published Planning Reports Series contains 1,913 individual items that were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, and other planning agencies and organizations in Southern California. Type of reports include annual reports, area study, comprehensive planning reports, census, conference papers, general plans, guides to zoning and subdivision, planning proposals, traffic and environmental surveys, zoning ordinance, etc. The date range of this series is 1909 to 2003.The Internal Documents Series contains approximately 913 items in 14 Hollinger boxes. Similar to the Published Planning Reports Series, the majority of the documents were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission and Department of Regional Planning, followed by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. Type of documents include census reports, conference papers, maps, memorandums, minutes, photos, plans, reports, speeches, summaries, etc. The date range is 1924 to 2000.
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