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

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Description: "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.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1911
Call number: 646659
Creator: Whitlock, Laura L(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Oversized material. Use of original requires approval and extended retrieval and delivery time. May require special handling instructions.
Dimensions: 111 x 76 cm on sheet 123 x 93 cm
Associated people: Huntington, Henry Edwards, (1850-1927,)
Associated organization: Los Angeles Railway,
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Official transportation and city map of Los Angeles California and suburbs

Rare Books

Originally drawn in 1910, this is the 1919 revision. For an earlier edition see RB 477767; for later editions see RB 492439 and 402169; for a map without the transportation system featured, see RB ephMPCALIF0068. Concentric miles circles from 12th & Broadway. Submap: San Fernando Valley. Street Index in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

477326

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.

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Official transportation and city map of Los Angeles California and suburbs

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For earlier editions see RB 477326; 477767; 492439; for a map without the transportation system featured, see RB ephMPCALIF0068. Pacific Electric Co. lines are shown in red and routes named, other street car lines in yellow and are unnamed. City limits in green, map now centered on 12th Street & Main. Stamped: H. W. Stanton, 225 Laughlin Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal. Submaps: San Fernando Valley; Sawtelle; Palms. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

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

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Official transportation and city map of Los Angeles California and suburbs

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Old shelf number: Eph J2d. "Los Angeles Railway Operating City System color of cars and lines on map (yellow). Pacific Electric Railway Company routes of interurban system operating to points indicated at margin of map. Color of cars and lines on map (red)." Mile circles from city center. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Partial red cover.

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

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