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Town of Burbank Los Angeles Co. Cal property of Providencia Land Water & Development Co

Description: Old shelf number: eph J5-14(1). Burbank from Front St. northeast with Olive as the central thoroughfare. According to the City of Burbank's website, the town was founded and land began to be sold in May of 1887. The only year that Providencia Land, Water, & Development Company is listed at the 12 S. Spring Street address is 1887; this coincides with the year of Burbank's founding. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms note: Eph J5-14(1), Town of Burbank. H. E. Hamlingher 39.
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Date: [1887]
Call number: ephMPCALIFT0139
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Lands of the Pasadena Improvement Company, Los Angeles Co., Cal

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Old shelf number: eph J5-17(1). Piedmont Drive is now Altadena Drive. This map shows subdivisions to the west of Lake Avenue and north of Woodbury Road. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J5-17(1). P2/4 Part of Pasadena 32a Sticker: No. 24. Pasadena Improvement Co. founded in 1887. Pasadena & Mt. Wilson Railway Co. founded in 1897, sold to Pacific Electric Railway Co. in 1902 (Fickewirth, page 103).

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Map of the Pickering Land and Water Co's. subdivision of the John M. Thomas Ranch, Los Angeles County, Cal

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Old shelf number: eph J5-12(2). County Road is now Whittier Blvd. For a map of this area after it became incorporated Whittier, see RB ephMPCALIF0035. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-12(2).

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Map of Ivanhoe, Los Angeles County, Cal

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Old shelf number: eph J5-9(1). Silver Lake area. MS notes on locations. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-9(1).

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Map of Long Beach : the new sea-side resort on the American Colony Tract Los Angeles Co. Cal from surveys made 1882-1887 / by Charles T. Healey

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Old shelf number: eph J5-16(4). Today's downtown Long Beach. Ocean Park Ave. became Ocean Blvd. Note that the line between Ranch Los Cerritos and Rancho Los Alamitos is preserved today by Alamitos Avenue. Submap: Sketch showing relative position of Long Beach to lines of Railway Travel 1887. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J5-16(4). Long Beach L6 No. 21 224 No. 72.

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Boston Heights, City of Los Angeles / surveyed June, 1887, by V.J. Rowan

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Old shelf number: eph J5-6(1). Boston Heights is now considered part of Boyle Heights. Columbus Avenue, alias Alhambra Avenue is now Valley Blvd. Soto Street remains. For a view of the same area almost 40 years later, see RB ephMPCALIFT0128. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sales information on July 11, 1887 sale. MS note: Eph J5-6(1).

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Map of the City of Whittier Los Angeles Co. California

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Old shelf number: eph J5-12(1). Whittier got its charter and was incorporated in 1898, so map postdates that. For a pre-charter map of Whittier, see RB ephMPCALIF0034. County Road is now Whittier Blvd. Based on the Baldwin, Jessup & Co. map, the city has expanded. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blueprint. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J5-12(1). Map of the City of Whittier.

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