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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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Detailed city map with views in the surround. MS note: 82443 Vignettes: Homes and churches, State Capitol, city views. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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"Chas. F. Crocker, President. F. S. Douty, Treasurer." "Bird's Eye View of Sonoma Valley showing El Verano, The Central Business and Shipping Point of the Valley." A beautifully lithographed tract map. El Verano is a section of present day Sonoma, CA. Vignettes: Birds eye view and four colored vignettes of the area. MS notes: 293244 20.00. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 293244 Sonoma El Verano.
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This area is today's Capistrano Beach, south and east of Dana Point. Cartouche: Scroll MS notes: 299230 2 pieces 35.00 [signature]. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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In the current Moreno Valley. MS note: 354455. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Map of Alessandro Tract F.E. Brown, Chief Engr. 1890-1891.
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A beautiful lithograph for real estate promotional purposes, all the symbols of wildlife by the sea. Cartouche: Deer, game, with sailing vessels in the background. Submap: Southern California. MS note: 299229. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Old shelf number: eph J4-11a 1a,b,c. Three copies of the same printed map with variations of manuscript notes on railway and property owners. Two backed with paper, one showing an MS map on the verso. Interesting quote: "Magnolia Avenue Running through the center of this tract is 10 miles long and 132 feet wide, with sidewalks 20 feet in width; in its center it is shaded its entire length by a magnificent growth of pepper, the most beautiful ornamental tree known to landscape gardeners, making a double driveway, and upon the sides by a splendid growth of Palm, Gravilia and Eucalyptus, with magnolias as each crossing, making it the grandest avenue and most beautiful drive in California or in the world." Submap: Map showing the relative location of lands in Riverside. MS notes. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 34G EphJ4-11(11a) 1a,b,c. R1/4 stickers: No. 51, 48.
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