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Rare Books
Many buildings and residences in the surround. "Drawn by B. W. Pierce." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: East Los Angeles Illustrated.
183626
Rare Books
A fine birds-eye view, badly cropped top and bottom. Description reads, "A sunny Foot hills Glen at the foot of the Sierra Madre Mountains Altitude 1000 feet with an unobstructed outlet to the Pacific. Frostless and practically fogless the Home of Citrus Fruits. Pure Mountain Spring Water now piped to every lot." [rest missing] Vignettes of homes and businesses in surround. Vignettes: Homes and businesses. "25 miles east from Los Angeles - on the Cal. Central R.R. (The Pacific Trunk of the Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe System) " Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes. Verso Text: MS note: Glendora Sticker: 27.
150199
Additional Formats
View looking north from the intersection of Main & Broadway. "Los Angeles gives it's name to the valley in which it is located, and where it occupies a charming location, nestling amidst orange groves and vineyards. The Coast Range with it's accompanying valleys here form a panoramic view of rare beauty." Sticker: BV/ S-2. Sticker: BV/ S-2. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 564/5a.
BV/ S-2
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Rare Books
Birds-eye view with building close-ups. Vignettes: Views of eight buildings in surround.. "E. S. Moore, Artist " Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birdseye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 217300.
217300
Visual Materials
From essentially over Elysian Park looking south to Palos Verdes and beyond to Catalina Island. To the south-east to Santa Ana and Tustin in the distance. Vignettes: Important buildings and homes. Sticker: BV/ L-2. MS note: 564/6. Vignettes: Important buildings and homes. Sticker: BV/ L-2 MS note: 564/6. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes.
ephBEV L-2
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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