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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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"Copyrighted 1890." Submap: Bay Area.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles (circles). Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps.
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Alt. title from cover. An enormous map printed in four sheets and bound so that only two sheets can be examined at a time. Submaps: Map of the City of Oakland. Southeast corner of Alameda Co. Geographical Map of Alameda County and surrounding Counties. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Manuscripts
Map of land owned by R. Simon, part of the A.M. Peralta portion of the San Antonio Rancho, Alameda County, California. Surveyed by L. Castro in July 1885.
mssHM 84249
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This map shows the various rail and cable lines then in existence and some proposed lines as well, all added by hand to this printed map. Alt. title and edition from cover. "H.E.H."-- initials on the front cover, in ms., in pencil. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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At head of title: "Sale map No. 11." "Under and by virtue of the act entitled "An Act supplementary to and amendatory of an Act entitled an Act to Survey & Dispose of certain Salt Marsh & Tidelands belonging to the State of California, Approved Marsh(sic.) Thirtieth, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Eight." Approved April 1st, 1870." "Sale to commence Wednesday July 10th 1872 at 11 AM at the Sales Rooms of Greenebaum & Co. Nos. 115 & 117 Bush Street, San Francisco." "Greenbaum & Co. Auctioneers." Submap: The Lands in Lake Merritt. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Chains. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Note included in folder with map states, "This map of the San Pasqual Plantation was enclosed in a letter which J. W. North wrote to his wife from Los Angeles, July 22, 1870. It was photostated by the County Surveyor's office of Los Angeles County in July of 1943. That office had a similar map of the 'H. G. Monk Tract' which was platted in 1883. Mary H. Shepard." The back of the note reveals her address as 469 Miles St., Pasadena 5. An MS note indicates a positive photo is in with the North letter in the MS. Dept., and a negative copy in the Photo Dept. Description for sales. MS note: 255611 MS additional property lines. Stamp for R. M. Widnet, Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent, Los Angeles, Cal.. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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