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Map of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado

Description: Old shelf number ephJ5-25(3). Verso advertises, "10,000 acres of Irrigated Land in the Otero Irrigation District at La Junta, near Rocky Ford, Colorado." Sugar beets are the primary crop being grown on this property. Submap: Map of Colorado. Sales info. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-25(3) Sales info.
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Date: 1908
Call number: ephMPCOLO0001
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Special and peremptory auction sale by order Los Angeles Improvement Co. Dec. 22nd 1885

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Old shelf number: eph J5-2(3). An area to the east of map ephMPCALIFT0119. Just south of the Hollywood Freeway. Verso gives sales information in glowing terms. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sales info on this auction. MS note: Eph J5-2(3).

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Map of Ocean Spray : Prospect Hill Tract

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Old shelf number ephJ5-21(1). Part of present day Santa Monica with its praises sung on the verso. Note there is no cliff between the town and the surf. See also RB Broadsides 442748 for another copy with color. At head of title: Nob Hill of Santa Monica. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Text of sales pitches for the tract. MS note: Eph J5-21(1).

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Village of Buffalo : from maps in the office of the Secretary of State & Surveyor General, Albany

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Old shelf number ephJ5-25(2). This map has a submap dated 1804 of the Village of New Amsterdam, now the City of Buffalo. The larger map is harder to date, but since it refers to the "Village" of Buffalo, it probably predates the incorporation of Buffalo into a city in 1832. Submap: Villiage of New Amsterdam 1804. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Chains. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-25(2).

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Map of a portion of Lincoln Park

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Old shelf number: Eph. J3-5 (So. Pas. 3). The area around Monterey Road and Pasadena Avenue in western South Pasadena. See verso for sales auction info. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sales info on April 24th, 1886 Auction.

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More than 1000 lots already sold in Prohibition Park (Westerleigh), N.Y. City

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Old shelf number ephJ5-24(2). A small map on a sales promotion piece for a section of Staten Island. The brochure proclaims, "Prohibition Park is the most beautiful residence part of New York City." Sales text. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-24(2).

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Map of the Los Angeles Improvement Co's subdivision of parts of lots 3, 4, 5 & 6, Block 39 Hancock's Survey, to be sold at auction Friday May 14th 1886 / compiled by W.F. McClun, C.E

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Old shelf number: eph J5-2(1). An area to the east of Alvarado St. and just south of the Hollywood Freeway, east as far as Union St. The next two maps are extensions of this one, although this is the latest part mapped. Verso contains sales info on this hilly area. "These building sites have advantages over other property in the City of Los Angeles. On the Hills! Away from Floods!" Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-2(1). Sales information on this property.

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