Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Image not available
Rare Books
MS note: "Owned by Sam'l A. King, Land Commissioners Settlement Spanish Claims then J. Mora Ma?s then A. S. Mar---". This map has MS notes of original Rancho grants as presented to the Land Commission of that period for confirmation. The folder also contains an envelope in which the map was mailed to Robert E. Cowan , well known book dealer, in San Francisco. MS note: 3689 (See also Gen. Notes.). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: "old Tom".
3689

Rare Books
Gift of Mrs. Homer Cotty, November 1991. Note the "Advertisement" with particularly damning review of Moses Pitt's new English Atlas. Cartouche: Figures Submaps: North Pole; Trade Winds. MS note: gmsd $25.00. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: yvx4 15-.
493935
Image not available
Rare Books
Avenues proceed alphabetically east from Alamitos Ave. See also 150267 for a map covering a portion of this property in 1886. "Surveyed by Charles T. Healey and William F. Sweeney. April 1888." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 150273 Labels: 61 No. 2a 193/1.
150273
Image not available
Rare Books
"Accompanying the report of the Railroad Commissioners. 1874." Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: HL sticker: 128061.
128061
Image not available
Rare Books
With portraits of George Washington, Cortez, Montezuma, Gen. Taylor, and Santa Anna, coats of arms of the United States and Mexico and a depiction of the Temple of the Sun, this map is definitely "ornamented." Further statistical information, and under Santa Anna's portrait as follows, "New Mexico and the Californias. These two extensive territories of Northern Mexico, rich in mines and agricultural products, have been taken possession of by the military and naval forces of the United States, and will in future form a portion of our already wide domain..." A gift of the Friends of the Huntington. See General notes for feature descriptions. Border: Stars and chains. MS note: 245322 25.00. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography.
245322
Image not available
Visual Materials
Old shelf number: eph J4-3 (11). Numerous MS notes regarding property and price. Today the tract is just north of the Interstate 280. Prime meridian: gm. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: RRHA No. 2 Eph J4-3 (11).
ephMPCALIFT0036