Los Angeles, California, 1894

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  Los Angeles, California, 1894

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  B. W. Pierce notes lower left, "Finding it impossible to properly illustrate the whole city as seen from one direction, I found it necessary to make the view in two sections. The UPPER VIEW shows the city as seen from the Electric Power House, corner of Wilder St. and Central Ave. looking north. This section shows the business portion and is the main view. The LOWER VIEW shows all that part of the city not shown in the main view." Vignettes: Prominent buildings. "Printed by L. A. Litho. Co. Copyrighted by B. W. Pierce 1894." "Drawn & Lithographed by B. W. Pierce, Stimson Block." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes.

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  Map of the Town of El Verano and subdivisions of Adjoining property Sonoma Valley Improvement Co. Incorporated

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  "Chas. F. Crocker, President. F. S. Douty, Treasurer." "Bird's Eye View of Sonoma Valley showing El Verano, The Central Business and Shipping Point of the Valley." A beautifully lithographed tract map. El Verano is a section of present day Sonoma, CA. Vignettes: Birds eye view and four colored vignettes of the area. MS notes: 293244 20.00. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 293244 Sonoma El Verano.

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  Birds Eye View of Alosta [Glendora], Los Angeles Co. Cal. Jan 1888

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  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.

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  Glendora Los Angeles County California

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  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.

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  Los Angeles as it appeared in 1871 : founded in 1761

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  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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  Motor routes through the heart of Southern California / as prepared by Chas. Owens for the First National Bank of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank

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  Old shelf number: eph J2d. Charles Owens would become famous for his newspaper maps during the Second World War. Almost a birds eye view with vignettes above including Arrowhead Mountain. Submaps: Central California; San Diego. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: ephMPCALIF0066a.

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