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Map of the Washington Irrigated Colony

Description: Old shelf number: eph J4-7(5). "The Washington Colony was inaugurated in February, 1878, with five sections of land, Lots 1 to 176, inclusive, which sold so rapidly that the company has added six additional sections, adjoining, of equally good first quality land, Lots 177 to 348, inclusive, this April, 1879." A four page newspaper describing "The Washington Irrigated Colony" in great depth. Centered on the town of Covell, a birds-eye view on the first page along with a greatly distorted submap of California act as inducements for buyers. The offices of the colony are in San Francisco. The colony map is on page four. This appears to now be the town of Easton. Submaps: Birds-eye view; Southern California; Map of the town of Covell. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Letterpress. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J-4-7(5).
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Date: 1879

Map of the Town of Wildomar in the Lake Colony, San Diego County, Cal : the railroad town of the Lake Colony

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Old shelf number: eph J4-13(8). For a contemporary birds-eye view of the sort advertised at the bottom of the page, see RB 235524. Prime meridian: gm. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J4-13(8).

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Street map of Pasadena with principal automobile thoroughfares

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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.

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Map of Hollywood

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Panoramic view of the area from Hollywood to Santa Monica, with an inset real estate map of Hollywood, and views of the Hotel Hollywood and the residence of H.H. Wilcox. Submap: Tract map of central Hollywood. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Irrigated Kern Valley lands

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Old shelf number: eph J4-8(1). "At Auction Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday May 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1889 by order of J.B. Haggin Esq." Verso shows Central Bakersfield (RB ephMPCALIFT0064). Submap: Map showing the relative position of Bakersfield with colony lands of J.B. Haggin. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: See map ephMPCALIFT0064 showing lands for sale south of Bakersfield.

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Map of Pacific, Washington Territory / Dr. E. White

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Note with map is a page from Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923. It notes this town was founded by Dr. Elijah White in about 1848 but failed and ten years later was reduced to a few houses. By 1915 there was no vestige of the town left. The town was laid out near the mouth of the Columbia River. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Map of Pacific, Washington Territory.

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Town of Chino, San Bernardino Co., California

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Old shelf No. eph J4-12a(3a&3b). Map of Central Chino in two sections. The Huntington Library holds another copy of this map (not in this database), which has not been trimmed so close to the edge of the mapped area. Title and publisher transcription are taken from that copy (see RB 289527). Verso printed with information about the town and a location map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J4-12a(3a&b). Info on the town of Chino.

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