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Map of Hollywood

Description: Panoramic view of the area from Hollywood to Santa Monica, with an inset real estate map of Hollywood, and views of the Hotel Hollywood and the residence of H.H. Wilcox. Submap: Tract map of central Hollywood. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: October 1887
Call number: 442300
Creator: H.H. Wilcox and Company(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 65 x 99 cm
Associated people: Wilcox, Harvey Henderson, (-1891.)
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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.

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Map showing subdivision or lands belonging to the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Co

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Roughly from Victory Blvd. on the north, Los Angeles River on the south, Laurel Canyon on the west, Cahuenga Blvd. on the east. View from Hollywood Hills looking north. Vignettes: Bird-eye view from Hollywood Hills; Fruit & birds. Submap: Relationship of this property to City of Los Angeles.. "Being the east 12,000 acres of the southern half of Ranch Ex-Mission San Fernando Los Angeles County, California Surveyed Nov. 1887 by E. G. Jones." Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps.

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Map of the Washington Irrigated Colony

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Old shelf number: eph J4-7(5). "The Washington Colony was inaugurated in February, 1878, with five sections of land, Lots 1 to 176, inclusive, which sold so rapidly that the company has added six additional sections, adjoining, of equally good first quality land, Lots 177 to 348, inclusive, this April, 1879." A four page newspaper describing "The Washington Irrigated Colony" in great depth. Centered on the town of Covell, a birds-eye view on the first page along with a greatly distorted submap of California act as inducements for buyers. The offices of the colony are in San Francisco. The colony map is on page four. This appears to now be the town of Easton. Submaps: Birds-eye view; Southern California; Map of the town of Covell. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Letterpress. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J-4-7(5).

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Das norder Theil des Lands Brasilien : darinn die fürnemsten Hafen angedeütet werden, als zu Parayba, Pernambuco, Todos os Santos, und andere

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Kashnor notes, "Consisting of a fine Birds-Eye View of Pernambuco and adjacent Coasts, with a fleet bombarding Pernambuco, and inset map of the Brazilian Coast, from the Island of Taperica to the Mouth of the Rio Grand." Included in the two German editions (1627, 1628) and one Latin (1634) edition of Theodor de Bry's Historiae Americanae, part 13. Kashnor (mistakenly?) dates as [Frankfort, 1631]. Pernambuco is called Recife today. Vignette: Marine battle. Submap: Brazilian coast line. MS note: 880 (on backing). Table of explanation of battle scene in German. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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Map of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and connections

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System extended to Memphis, inset map of Newport News & Vicinity. MS note: 81839 Submap: Newport News & Vicinity. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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William R. Staats Co's. Map of Pasadena California

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Mountain Avenue (now Avenue 64) to the west, San Gabriel Ave (Blvd.) to the east, Alhambra Ave to the south, (Loma Alta, unnamed) to the north. William R. Staats Co. advertising in the surround. Street directory. See also 151991 for an earlier version. Note birds-eye view on verso. MS lines and notes.. "1905 Map Copyrighted." Cover title. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Folded into gray board cover. Verso has bird's-eye view of Pasadena and Vicinity..

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