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1953 Boy Scout Jamboree

Description: Old shelf number: eph J4-10(8). Today's Newport Center is near the center of this map. Jamboree Rd. and MacArthur are shown in rudimentary form. Balboa Island is well represented, the adjacent islands are undeveloped. A working plan for development subsequently heavily graded. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blue line print. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J4-10(8). R. G. Cleland collection.
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Date: 1953
Call number: ephMPCALIF0014
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Map of the Town of Earlham

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Old shelf number: eph J4-10(6). In today's eastern part of the City of Orange. Chatman Street is today's Chapman Avenue. Alameda St. became Hewes St. Hotel Blount shown but not located. Vignette: Hotel Blount. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Letterpress. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J4-10(6).

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Map of the Riverside Orange Belt, San Bernardino Co. California. Compiled by Ad. S. Alkire

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Old shelf number: eph J4-11a (4). From Riverside to Corona, here known as South Riverside. Note the "Famous Tin Mines." Tin Mine Rd. still exists near Lake Mathews. While this map is larger than ephMPCALIF0023&24, the scale is the same and derived from the same original map. Quote," There is no other such all-the-year-round climate known to man." (written before smog.) Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph j4-11a(4). 34j R1/8 stickers: No. 81 84 (both crossed out).

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[Buena Park, portion.]

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Old shelf number: eph J4-10(5). A portion of a larger map. Grand Avenue became Beach Blvd., 6th Street became Commonwealth Avenue. An MS note states "Santa Fe Railroad was moved 2000 ft north." Today's Santa Ana Freeway parallels the Southern Pacific R.R. tracks shown here. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Buena Park Los Angeles Co. L/3/11.

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Map of the proposed line of Montgomery Avenue from the corner of Washington and Montgomery Street to the corner of Union and Stockton Street

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Old shelf number: eph J4-2 (8). This proposed Montgomery Avenue became today's Columbus Avenue]Street to the corner of Union and Stockton Street. Columbus Avenue was apparently completed after a number of buildings were in place, including a church and the county jail. Comparison with maps of San Francisco from contemporary directories shows that Montgomery Avenue was in place by 1873, but not in 1869. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Montgomery Avenue but not the line adopted.

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Lands of the Riverside Land Co. in the City of Riverside San Bernardino County, California

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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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1953 Boy Scout Jamboree

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