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Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County

Description: Well known map reproduced many times by Title Insurance and Trust Co. and others. For other copies of this map, see HEH ephMPCALIF0168 and ephMPCALIFBV0083. Cartouche: figures and ox cart. Vignettes: Missions, ship, ox cart. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues, varas. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1937
Call number: 247545
Creator: Eddy, Gerald A(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 46 x 41 cm
Associated organization: Title Insurance and Trust Company (1893-1968)
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The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County

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1930 version of this well known map in fine color. "Young & McAllister, Los Angeles." Cartouche: Classic rolled type. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues, varas. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Cartouche.

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The old Spanish and Mexican ranchos of Los Angeles County

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No old shelf mark. A classic map - birds-eye view with some distortion of boundaries but very widely displayed. Scale applies to basin portion of the map only. For another copy of this map, see RB 247545 and ephMPCALIFBV0083. Cartouches: Figures and scrolls. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.

ephMPCALIF0168

Glendora Los Angeles County California

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A fine birds-eye view, badly cropped top and bottom. Description reads, "A sunny Foot hills Glen at the foot of the Sierra Madre Mountains Altitude 1000 feet with an unobstructed outlet to the Pacific. Frostless and practically fogless the Home of Citrus Fruits. Pure Mountain Spring Water now piped to every lot." [rest missing] Vignettes of homes and businesses in surround. Vignettes: Homes and businesses. "25 miles east from Los Angeles - on the Cal. Central R.R. (The Pacific Trunk of the Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe System) " Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes. Verso Text: MS note: Glendora Sticker: 27.

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Los Angeles as it appeared in 1871 : founded in 1761

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No old shelf mark. A colorful, if fanciful depiction of a birds-eye view of Los Angeles. Important buildings are located and a map of "Spanish" Ranchos serves as a frame with eleven scenes finishing the surround. The new City Hall represents 150 years of progress. Submap: Original Spanish Ranchos abutting on the sea. Vignettes: Eleven scenes. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.

ephMPCALIF0105

Los Angeles, California, 1894

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Two bird's-eye views in one, drawn from an electric power house at Wilder & Central. The upper view looking north, bottom view south to the harbor. Vignettes: Important building and key in lower section. Vignettes: Important building and key in lower section.. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes.

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Perspective Map of Butte City, Mont. County Seat of Silver Bow County

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Butte, surrounded by belching smokestacks, a sign of prosperity. Vignettes: Fourteen views, mostly mines and mills. MS note: 336026. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Perspective Map of Butte City, Mont 1890.

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Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County

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