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

    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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    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.

    ephMPCALIF0066

  • Los Angeles, Cal. : looking south-west to Pacific Ocean

    Los Angeles, Cal. : looking south-west to Pacific Ocean

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    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

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    San Jose, Santa Clara County, California

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    Businesses, public buildings and important homes in the surround. Vignettes: 20+ buildings and ads in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Aero View of San Diego, California

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    A birds-eye view of San Diego showing the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 in Balboa Park. Vignettes: Four commercial buildings. MS note: 299096. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.

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