Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Old shelf number: eph J3-3(15b). A fragment of a map to the west of Central Avenue and south of Vernon Avenue. Ephemera card file: "Howell." Vignettes: Wagon ride through orange grove; Two story home with mature cactus. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Marion, Nellie, and Florence Streets are now, respectively, 45th, 46th, and 47th Streets. Louie St. is now Wadsworth Avenue.
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Old shelf number: eph J3-5 (Monrovia 3a). One of three states of the same map, each differing in the pictures of the surround and verso. This is probably the second of the three. Two text boxes above map, "Monrovia" and "A semi-tropic land." Order and approximate date based on names found in Monrovia directories (RB 448336). Vignettes and description in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Printed detail and photos of Monrovia.
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Old shelf number: eph J3-5 (Monrovia 3b). One of three states of the same map, each differing in the pictures of the surround and verso. This is probably the first of the three. Two text boxes above map, "A semi-tropic land" and "What Monrovia has." Order and approximate date based on names found in Monrovia directories (RB 448336). Vignettes and description in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Printed detail and photos of Monrovia.
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Old shelf number: eph J3-5 (Monrovia 2). One of three states of the same map, each differing in the pictures of the surround and verso. This is probably the last of the three. At top of recto: "Compliments of First National Bank and Monrovia Savings Bank." Two text boxes above map, "Monrovia" and "A semi-tropic land." Order and approximate date based on names found in Monrovia directories (RB 448336). Vignettes and description in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Printed detail and photos of Monrovia.
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Old shelf number: eph J3-5 (So. Pas. 2a). The area just north of Huntington Drive and around Fair Oaks Avenue. Note "Fair Oaks Avenue" is now Fremont Avenue, "Palermo Avenue" is now Fair Oaks Avenue. Stamps for "sold" lots. For another version of this map, which does not list R.A. Rowan as an agent, see RB ephMPCALIFT0013. For a map of Oneonta Park and its surroundings in the 1920s, see RB ephMPCALIFT0014. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Old shelf number: eph J3-5 (So. Pas. 2a). The area just north of Huntington Drive and around Fair Oaks Avenue. Note "Fair Oaks Avenue" is now Fremont Avenue, "Palermo Avenue" is now Fair Oaks Avenue. MS notes regarding prices and noting "Aug. 10, 1909." For another version of this map, which lists R.A. Rowan as an additional agent, see RB ephMPCALIFT0013. For a map of Oneonta Park and its surroundings in the 1920s, see RB ephMPCALIFT0014. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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