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Description: Old shelf number: Eph J2d. Alternate title from cover, when folded. This map shows the Arroyo Seco Parkway while the verso map of a wider area does not, indicating this map is probably from the early 1940's. Also, the Lion Park, listed in the "Points of Interest," closed in 1942 because meat rationing meant they could no longer get the ton of horse meat required every day to feed the lions (El Monte, Jorane King Barton, 2006, pages 77-88). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Wider area map ephMPCALIF0110. Airfield is gone from Griffith Park, so map is from after 1942,
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: [ca. 1942]
Call number: ephMPCALIF0109
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Security map of Inglewood Hyde Park : including Hawthorne and adjoining sections of Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County

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No old shelf number. Title from cover. This map emphasizes the area around Inglewood and the various rail roads through the area. Submap: Road map of California. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: McLain's map of the Los Angeles Region, 1926.

ephMPCALIF0087

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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. This map missing upper portion. 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(1).

ephMPCALIFT0122

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Map of Los Angeles

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Old shelf number: eph J2d. Title on verso. Verso map: "Clason's map of the Los Angeles district," copyrighted 1915. Submaps: Shoestring; Harbor area. Vignettes: Moving vans. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Clason's Map of The Los Angeles District. MS note: Eph J2d. Advertising for Lyon Co.

ephMPCALIF0072

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Shell street map of Los Angeles

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No old shelf mark. LAX is Mines Field with North American Aviation mentioned. Marina del Rey is a swamp area. Hollywood Park appears. For a 1938 version of this map, see RB ephMPCALIFR0019. Street Index. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Submap: Metropolitan Los Angeles and Vicinity MS note: 1940.

ephMPCALIFR0020

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

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Old shelf number: eph J5-3(2a). 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. This map has numerous stamps "SOLD". 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(2a).

ephMPCALIFT0123

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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).

ephMPCALIFT0124

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