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Map of Sunset Beach : on the direct scenic coast line of the Pacific Electric Railway

Description: Old shelf number: eph J4-10(14). "A perfect home beach." "Sidewalks, sewer, gas, electricity. Artesian water piped to every lot." Still known as Sunset Beach, the area behind it, Huntington Harbor, now overshadows it. The Hall-Armitage Co. only operated at that address from 1905 to 1908, according to contemporary San Francisco directories. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J4-10(14). Sunset Beach.
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Date: [1905-1908]
Call number: ephMPCALIFT0072
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Map of the subdivisions of the Rancho Santa Ysabel and adjacent lands, San Luis Obispo Co., Cal., the property of the West Coast Land Co

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Old shelf number: eph J4-14(1). Land located to the east of the Salinas River and north of Templeton. Table locating bearing trees and corners. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Eph J4-14(1). Rancho Santa Ysabel West Coast Land Development Co. Real Estate Map.

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Map of Pacific Electric Railway in Long Beach

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Administrative Series contains records relating to various facilitative operations within the Alamitos Land Company, including, but not limit to, account books, annual reports, appraisals, articles of incorporation, audits, balance sheets, bylaws, correspondence, financial records, financial statements, inventories, ledgers, legal documents, minutes, stock certificates, and titles (property rights). This series is organized alphabetically. A small number of oversize administrative records are stored under the Oversize Series. Commercial Properties Series include a wide-ranging type of records relating to the company's commercial and industrial portfolio. As per the original order, records are grouped under the headings of their respective commercial properties or projects, which include, but not limit to, Alamitos Beach Townsites, Alamitos Tract, Bixby Center, Bixby Ridge, Brawley Beef Packing Plant, Brawley Steam Wells, Firebaugh, Geothermal, Hathaway Apartments, Hathaway Business Park, The Knolls, Long Beach Tidelands, Luckey Ranch, Palo Verde and Spring Retail, Paramount Business Park, Recreation Park, Reservoir Hill, Rosemead Flair Business Park, Signal Hill East Unit, Tract 10548, U.S. Navy Depot, and the Willows Office Building. All commercial properties and projects were located within the State of California. This series is organized alphabetically.

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Map of the Richmond Belt Railway and East Shore Co's property, Pt. Richmond, Contra Costa Co. Cal showing wharf of the Richmond Belt Railway Pt. San Pablo for loading direct from ship to car and track connections with the Southern Pacific & Santa Fe Railways with lower freight rates and better facilities than any other point on San Francisco Bay

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Old shelf number: eph J4-6(1). Dates based on years of operation of Richmond Belt Railway, from 1902-1932. An attempt to siphon traffic away from Oakland with apparently limited success. Submap: Map of part of San Francisco Bay showing relative position of East Shore Co's property. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J4-6(1).

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Pacific Electric Railroad right-of-way : Long Beach Line

Manuscripts

Verso: "Long Beach, Compton - Slauson Ave. Right-of-Way showing acquired portions". From Slauson at Long Beach Ave. to Willowbrook Ave.; ending at Wilmington & Orange. Agreements and deeds, colored highlights; courses, distances, structures. Survey requested by Dr. Griffin 1877, June. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Pacific Electric Railway Lines Photographs, (bulk 1938-1950)

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The collection contains a manuscript mock-up and photographs for a special supplement to Interurban Electric Railway Publications, "The Pacific Electric Southern District - Supplement 6 to Special 16." The photographs include images along the Balboa Line, Newport Line, La Bolsa Line, Bellflower Line, Whittier-Yorba Linda Line, and the Santa Ana-Orange Line. Aside from many views of Pacific Electric cars, tracks, and stations, scenes along the lines include Bolsa Chica, Balboa, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Santa Ana, downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, Socorro, Fullerton, and Yorba Linda. Photographs also depict the final day of passenger service on the Whittier-Yorba Linda line, January 22, 1938. The collection also includes xerox copies of the following: a publication called "The Life and Times of the Pacific Electric, The World's Greatest Interurban (Orange Empire Railway Museum, 1983); an article by Jane Wilson entitled "Who Killed Mr. Red Car?" (Buzz Magazine, 1994)

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Lands of the Riverside Land Co. in the City of Riverside San Bernardino County, California

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Old shelf number: eph J4-11a 1a,b,c. Three copies of the same printed map with variations of manuscript notes on railway and property owners. Two backed with paper, one showing an MS map on the verso. Interesting quote: "Magnolia Avenue Running through the center of this tract is 10 miles long and 132 feet wide, with sidewalks 20 feet in width; in its center it is shaded its entire length by a magnificent growth of pepper, the most beautiful ornamental tree known to landscape gardeners, making a double driveway, and upon the sides by a splendid growth of Palm, Gravilia and Eucalyptus, with magnolias as each crossing, making it the grandest avenue and most beautiful drive in California or in the world." Submap: Map showing the relative location of lands in Riverside. MS notes. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 34G EphJ4-11(11a) 1a,b,c. R1/4 stickers: No. 51, 48.

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Map of Sunset Beach : on the direct scenic coast line of the Pacific Electric Railway

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