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Map of a portion of the city of Los Angeles and vicinity

Description: Showing L.A. Ry Car Lines, L.A. Ry Bus lines and L. A. Motor Bus lines. Lynwood to Glendale, El Segundo to Montebello, incl. San Marino. There are changes posted to 3-23-26. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blue line print. Verso Text: MS note: Los Angeles and vicinity San Marino included.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: c1926
Call number: 477772
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Official map of the city of Los Angeles, California Map No. 3

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Shows streets, parks, rivers and other water features. Rail lines are given in red and black. Covers the city of Los Angeles, with Slauson Ave. as the southern border, Arlington and Western Ave. to the west, Westminster Ave. to the east. The northeast portion of Los Angeles is shown in an inset. Scale not given. Coordinates not present on map, approximated from Google maps. The Mutual Label & Lithographic Co. Los Angeles office was established sometime in the 1880s. Following the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, the company changed its name to Schmidt Lithograph Company. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Manuscript legend on label pasted under title reads: Red lines: L.A. Ry. Co., Pacific Electric Co.; Plain black lines: Los A. Traction Co., Los A. O.P. & Stam. Ry Co.; Dotted black lines: Los A. Pacific R.R. Co. Manuscript annotation on verso "Drawer 20 No. 26". Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.

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Map of the city of Los Angeles, showing railway systems

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Shows lines of Pacific Electric Co., Los Angeles Railway Corp., Los Angeles Traction Co., and Los Angeles Pacific Co. Scale not given. Coordinates not presented on map, approximated from Google maps. Relief shown by hachures. Two variant copies, one showing existing lines and the other existing lines and undeveloped franchises. Includes street index. "Copyrighted by Laura L. Whitlock for L.A. Ry Co., 1903." "American Engraving and Electrotyping Company." This copy shows existing lines. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.

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Official transportation and city map of Los Angeles, California and suburbs

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"Copyright, 1911, by Laura L. Whitlock for Los Angeles Ry." Scale not given. Coordinates not present on map, approximated from Google maps. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows radial distances, and Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric Railway lines. Shows urban routes of Los Angeles Railway system and Pacific Electric Railway; also connecting route of Glendale & Eagle Rock Railway. Concentric circles and 1-mile intervals indicate distances from city center. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.

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Map of the City of Los Angeles and Western Suburbs

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Ninth Avenue to the west, Santa Monica Ave. (now Exposition Blvd.) to the south, Baxter Street (near Silver Lake) to the north, Lorena Street to the east. Street and Business Block index. This is a year later than 213818 done by the same authors with few if any apparent changes. 213818 has been modified to show the street rail-lines. "Compiled for Chandler & Hall City Circulators, of the Los Angeles Herald, 1893." "Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1893 by Chandler & Hall in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C." Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Bridewell's Map of South Section / Compiled, Published and for sale by W. E. Bridewell Engineering Co. 804 So. Vermont Av. Los Angeles , Cal. Copyrighted

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"Compilers and Publishers of City, County, State and Legal Maps with patented street finder." Wall map of El Segundo - Lynwood south to Los Angeles Harbor. Hand colored designation numbers. See 477333 for northern extension of this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blueline print. Verso Text: MS note: 268914 Huntington Label.

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Spot map showing permits for residences, duplex houses, apartment houses and hotels for the year 1919/20-1926, 1928-1933 [cartographic material] / Compiled by Los Angeles Railway Corp

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Additional title (title of original map to which building permit data has been added) appears on most of the maps: 1919/20-1922, Map of the City of Los Angeles showing L.A. Ry. operated lines, Aug. 19, 1920; 1923-24, Map of the City of Los Angeles; 1925-1928, City of Los Angeles; 1930-1933, Transportation ... RB copy : Photocopies. Title varies slightly; title in ms. or typescript, 1919/20-1922.

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Map of a portion of the city of Los Angeles and vicinity

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