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Official transportation map of electric systems centering in Los Angeles, Cal.; Pacific Electric Ry. Co.'s lines ; Los Angeles & Redondo Ry. Co.; Los Angeles Pacific Co



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

    Official transportation and city map of Los Angeles California and suburbs

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    Originally drawn in 1910, this is the 1919 revision. For an earlier edition see RB 477767; for later editions see RB 492439 and 402169; for a map without the transportation system featured, see RB ephMPCALIF0068. Concentric miles circles from 12th & Broadway. Submap: San Fernando Valley. Street Index in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

    477326

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    Lands of the Pasadena Improvement Company, Los Angeles Co., Cal

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    Old shelf number: eph J5-17(1). Piedmont Drive is now Altadena Drive. This map shows subdivisions to the west of Lake Avenue and north of Woodbury Road. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J5-17(1). P2/4 Part of Pasadena 32a Sticker: No. 24. Pasadena Improvement Co. founded in 1887. Pasadena & Mt. Wilson Railway Co. founded in 1897, sold to Pacific Electric Railway Co. in 1902 (Fickewirth, page 103).

    ephMPCALIFT0144

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    Official transportation and city map of Los Angeles California and suburbs

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    For later editions see RB 402169, 477326, 492439; for a map without the transportation system featured, see RB ephMPCALIF0068. Submap: Annexed Territory - San Fernando Valley. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Circular grid. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

    477767

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    Official transportation and city map of Los Angeles California and suburbs

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    For earlier editions see RB 477326; 477767; 492439; for a map without the transportation system featured, see RB ephMPCALIF0068. Pacific Electric Co. lines are shown in red and routes named, other street car lines in yellow and are unnamed. City limits in green, map now centered on 12th Street & Main. Stamped: H. W. Stanton, 225 Laughlin Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal. Submaps: San Fernando Valley; Sawtelle; Palms. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

    402169

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

    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.

    646659

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    Map of Southern California : showing the lines of the Pacific Electric R'y Co. and Los Angeles Inter-urban R'y Co

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    Probably done by Pacific Electric. Large map with lots of detail. Gift of Mrs. Collis H. Holladay December 1981. Also Ron Rutherford mentioned on card. Another copy may be 152613, mounted on wood. The original vellum, updated to 1912, is in the Pacific Electric map collection in Manuscripts. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blue line print. Verso Text: 3099 Ms note: Box L.

    478830