Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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Old shelf number: eph J2d. Charles Owens would become famous for his newspaper maps during the Second World War. Almost a birds eye view with vignettes above including Arrowhead Mountain. Submaps: Central California; San Diego. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: ephMPCALIF0066a.
ephMPCALIF0066
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Old shelf number: Eph J2d. Alternate title from cover when folded. Thurston kept updating his Pasadena map. This version incorporates Owens birds-eye view on the verso. The latest statistics quoted are from 1921, hence the guess of 1922 for this map's date. MS note: Eph J2d. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Map ephMPCALIF0123.
ephMPCALIF0124
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Old shelf number: eph J2d. Alternate title from cover. Central Los Angeles with routes indicated in red to other areas. Mile circles. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: ephMPCALIF0066a.
ephMPCALIF0066a
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Old shelf number: eph J2d. Alternate title from verso. For an earlier edition, see RB ephMPCALIF0073. Red lines indicate best automobile routes around and through the city. Verso shows map of the "Shoestring" to the harbor and harbor lands. Second map shows city growth by annexation through 1918. Street Index and route descriptions. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J2d. Shoestring and expansion maps.
ephMPCALIF0071
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Old shelf number: eph J2d. This same map appears on the verso of several Los Angeles maps. At head of title: "Security Trust & Savings Bank." For earlier editions of this map, see RB ephMPCALIF0050 & ephMPCALIF0064; for a later edition, see RB ephMPCALIF0065; for another 1923 version, see RB 258713. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note Eph J2d. Submaps: San Diego County; Ventura and Santa Barbara; Central California.
ephMPCALIFR0003
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Old shelf number: eph J2d. Comprehensive map of paved roads in the region shown in red. For another copy of this map, see RB ephMPCALIF0050; for later editions, see RB 258713, ephMPCALIF0065, & ephMPCALIFR0003. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Three submaps: Routes in San Diego County; Ventura and Santa Barbara; Central California.
ephMPCALIF0064