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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
The Panama Pacific Exposition was held in 1915-16 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. MS note: 488177. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Visual Materials
Image of a blank form to apply for space at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition of New Orleans held in 1884-1885; rules and information for exhibitors on verso; exterior envelope and reply envelope encapsulated with item.
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Visual Materials
No old shelf mark. A colorful, if fanciful depiction of a birds-eye view of Los Angeles. Important buildings are located and a map of "Spanish" Ranchos serves as a frame with eleven scenes finishing the surround. The new City Hall represents 150 years of progress. Submap: Original Spanish Ranchos abutting on the sea. Vignettes: Eleven scenes. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Roughly from Victory Blvd. on the north, Los Angeles River on the south, Laurel Canyon on the west, Cahuenga Blvd. on the east. View from Hollywood Hills looking north. Vignettes: Bird-eye view from Hollywood Hills; Fruit & birds. Submap: Relationship of this property to City of Los Angeles.. "Being the east 12,000 acres of the southern half of Ranch Ex-Mission San Fernando Los Angeles County, California Surveyed Nov. 1887 by E. G. Jones." Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps.
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Reproduction. Elaborate history and description of Bristol and vignettes of important buildings in the surround. "Jacobus Millerd's Plan of Bristol, 1673." "Original given to City Museum, Bristol, by Mr. Horace Gummer, 1923. " Vignettes: Important buildings and coats of arms. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 290336 [apparently unrelated] 291287.
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Mountain Avenue (now Avenue 64) to the west, San Gabriel Ave (Blvd.) to the east, Alhambra Ave to the south, (Loma Alta, unnamed) to the north. William R. Staats Co. advertising in the surround. Street directory. See also 151991 for an earlier version. Note birds-eye view on verso. MS lines and notes.. "1905 Map Copyrighted." Cover title. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Folded into gray board cover. Verso has bird's-eye view of Pasadena and Vicinity..
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