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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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Lake Tahoe is not shown, Los Angeles County extends to the then Utah border, Southern California geography distorted. MS note: 66909. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 1/6/12 XUY.
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This map apparently came from Mitchell's guidebook. Originally made in 1845, this edition clearly shows the Gold Region but lacks clarity for most state boundaries. Submaps: Map of the Maritime and Overland Routes to California; Map of the Gold and Quicksilver District of California. MS note: from 41388. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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New Mexico extends to the California border, Nevada and Utah merge in one Territory and Washington Territory is shown to the east of Oregon. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 41401.
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Alternate title from cover. Nicely colored map of Southern California in 1861 showing claims which probably yielded little silver. Gift if Mr. & Mrs. Francis M. Wheat (Carl Wheat's son) October 1975. See notes on verso. Submap: Map of the Coso Silver Mines. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: H.R.W (Henry Raap Wagner) says June 11, 1939 that this is a very interesting work. He does not recall having seen it before. Carl Wheat tells me June 2 1942 that this map is probably the first made naming Death Valley as such. Lee Perry (?) notes in his G--? Ra--? #31+ 1861. Farley 1861.
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