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Principal automobile routes in and out of Los Angeles California

Description: Old shelf number: eph J2d. Probably late 1920's or early 30's because Rose Bowl is oval - it was horeshoe shaped until 1928 - and municipal auto camp ground exists in Elysian Park. Also missing is the Griffith Park Observatory: construction began in 1933 (Eberts, 183). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. References: Mike Eberts, Griffith Park : a centennial history, 1996, RB F869.L8 E23 1996. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J2d. Street Index and Boulevard directions.
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Date: 1933
Call number: ephMPCALIF0081
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Los Angeles & vicinity : including parts of N. Hollywood, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, So. Pasadena, Belvedere, Vernon, Huntington Park, Bell, Inglewood, Culver City, Beverly Hills

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Old shelf number: eph J2d. Verso lists film studios including Charlie Chaplin and Hal Roach. The city hall is topped by the Lindbergh Beacon. According to the Griffith Observatory website, ground was first broken on the "planetarium," as it is called on this map, in 1933. The airfield was used by the national guard from 1924 to 1942 (Eberts, p. 117-118). Red dots indicate bank locations. For similar versions of this map, see RB ephMPCALIF0084, ephMPCALIF0085, and ephMPCALIF0086. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J2d. Map of Los Angeles Harbor; Santa Monica District. References: Mike Eberts, Griffith Park : a centennial history, 1996, RB F869.L8 E23 1996.

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Principal automobile routes in and out of Los Angeles

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Old shelf number: Eph J2d. This map of central Los Angeles shows the Arroyo Seco Parkway and the beginnings of other freeways. The start of the San Bernardino Freeway is open from the Los Angeles River to City Terrace. Grand Central Airport is in operation in Glendale. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Auto Club folding cover. MS note: Eph J2d.

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The latest city map of Los Angeles : compliments of Bekins Van and Storage Company

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Old shelf number: eph J2d. "Earth's Garden Spot, population 550,000." This number corresponds roughly to 1914, based on A History of California and an extended history of Los Angeles and environs by J.M. Grinn, 1915 (F869.L8 G92). For earlier versions of this map, see RB 217287, ephMPCALIF0056, ephMPCALIF0075, and ephMPCALIF0076; for later versions see RB ephMPCALIF0058 and ephMPCALIF0082. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Advertising copy and street index. MS Note: EphJ2d.

ephMPCALIF0057

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Principal automobile routes in and out of Los Angeles

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Old shelf number ephJad. The Arroyo Seco Parkway is in place, dating this map after 1941. Grand Central and Alhambra Airports are in operation. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms note: Eph Jad. Cover: In and Out of Los Angeles.

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Automobile road map of metropolitan Los Angeles

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Old shelf number Eph J2d. Insert map of "Congested District." Submap: Congested District of Los Angeles. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Title cover. MS note: Eph J2d.

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Map of Childs' Heights, in the City of Los Angeles

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Old shelf number: eph J5-3(1). Three copies of this map in the same folder. This is in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. Elysian Park Ave is now Sunset Blvd. Childs Avenue is now Griffith Park Blvd. Schmidt Lithograph was only listed at the Downey Block address in Los Angeles in the few years leading up to 1890. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-3(2b).

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