Part Of Southern California. Atlas Sheet No. 73. Issued Nov. 30th 1883. Weyss, Rock & Vell, Del. Expeditions of 1871, 1875-'76 & 1878 Under the Command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler. Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Executive Officers & Field Astronomers, U.S. Army: 1st. Lieuts. Eric Bergland, Corps of Engrs. and Rogers Birnie, 13th Infantry, 2nd Lieuts. C.W. Whipple, 13th Infantry and Willard Young, Corps of Engrs. Topographical Assistants: Louis Nell, Gilbert Thompson, Frank Carpenter, W.A. Cowles, F.A. Clark and G.H. Birnie. U.S. Geographical Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian.
List No
2738.082
Note
In hachures with light cream under-tint. Los Angeles shown at the bottom center of map.
Wheeler, G.M.
73A. Part Of Southern Califo
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1878
National Atlas
Authors
Wheeler, G.M.
Full Title
Part Of Southern California Atlas Sheet No. 73 (A). Expeditions of 1875 & 1878 Under the Command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler. Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Executive Officers & Field Astronomers: 1st. Lieut. C.W. Whipple, Ordnance Corps. and 2nd Lieut. Willard Young, Corps of Engrs. Topographical Assistants: Frank Carpenter and William A. Cowles. U.S. Geographical Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian.
List No
2738.083
Note
In hachures with light cream under-tint. Bakersfield and the western edge of the Mojave Desert shown.
Wheeler, G.M.
73A. Land Classification Map
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1879
National Atlas
Authors
Wheeler, G.M.
Full Title
Land Classification Map Of Part Of Southern California Atlas Sheet No. 73 (A). Issued June 30 1879. Weyss, Lang and Herman. Expeditions of 1875 & 1878 Under the Command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler. Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. U.S. Geographical Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian.
List No
2738.084
Note
Full color land classification map using hachures as in P1281-136. Percentage of land classification noted. Bakersfield and the western part of the Mojave Desert shown.
Wheeler, G.M.
73C. Land Classification Map
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1881
National Atlas
Authors
Wheeler, G.M.
Full Title
Land Classification Map Of Part Of S.W. California, Atlas Sheet No. 73 (C.). Issued Febr'y 23d 1881. Weyss, Nell & Rock, Del. Expeditions of 1875 & 1878 Under the Command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. U.S. Geographical Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian.
List No
2738.085
Note
Full color land classification using base map P1281-138. Percentages of land use computed. Los Angeles and Santa Monica shown at the bottom of the map.
Blum, George W.
Title Page: Cyclers' guide a
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1896
Guide Book
Authors
Blum, George W.
Full Title
(Title Page to) The Cyclers' Guide and Road Book of California Containing Map of California in relief with principal Roads, Seven Sectional Maps showing all available Roads for Cyclers from Chico to San Diego, and a Map of Golden Gate Park. 1896. Price, One Dollar. Compiled and Published by Geo. W. Blum, 330 Pine St., S.F. Edward Denny & Co., Agents. (on verso) Copyrighted 1895 By Geo. W. Blum, San Francisco, Cal.
List No
1592B
Blum, George W.
Ventura, Los Angeles, San Be
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1896
Guide Book
Authors
Blum, George W.
Full Title
(Untitled map of Southern California including Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, and San Diego Counties.)
List No
1592.007
Note
Bike paths shown in red and labeled with abbreviations. The first abbreviation of the two tells the road condition. Conditions are: G (good), F (fair), P (poor), and V.P. (very poor). The second abbreviation is for the grade of the road. Grades include: L (level), R (rolling), H (hilly), and M (mountainous).
Blum, George W.
Map of California Roads for
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1896
Guide Book
Authors
Blum, George W.
Full Title
Map of California Roads for Cyclers. This Map Engraved by the California Photo-Eng. Co. Wasp B'ld'g., 513 Market St., S.F. Designed & Drawn by Geo. W. Blum. Edward Denny & Co. 207 Montgomery St. Sole Agents. Published and Copyrighted by Geo. W. Blum, San Francisco, Cal. (with) Inset map of the Los Angeles area.
List No
1592.008
Note
Full color map surrounded by advertisements. Bike paths shown in red and labeled with abbreviations. The first abbreviation of the two tells the road condition. Conditions are: G (good), F (fair), P (poor), and V.P. (very poor). The second abbreviation is for the grade of the road. Grades include: L (level), R (rolling), H (hilly), and M (mountainous).
Map Of The City Of Los Angeles Showing the Confirmed Limits Surveyed in August 1857 by Henry Hancock U.S. Dep. Sury. Plan de la Ciudad De Los Angeles. Surveyed by E.O.C. Ord, Lt. U.S.A. and Wm. R. Hutton, Assistant, August 29, 1849. Donation Lots Surveyed by H. Hancock in August and April 1853, Geo. Hanson, Asst. Published By Bancroft & Thayer, Real Estate Brokers 21 Spring St. And W.H.J. Brooks Searcher Of Records Los Angeles, Cal. A.L. Bancroft & Co. Lith.
List No
5183.000
Note
This is a composite wall map incorporating the famous 1849 Ord Survey (Robinson's first Los Angeles map) and the Hancock and Hansen survey maps of 1853 and 1859. This is the first appearance of the manuscript Ord Survey as a printed map and is therefore of considerable importance. Bancroft and Thayer were real estate brokers active in the 1870's, Robinson dates the map as circa 1875 (the map is undated) based on their activities and the fact that the map "was a popular wall decoration for real estates offices in the 1870's and '80's." The Ord Survey is in the middle of the map with the Hancock and Hansen surveys surrounding it. The Ord Survey shows the original pueblo buildings, the farms around them, a small group of lots, water courses and hills. In contrast, the later Hancock and Hansen Surveys divide the lands outside the original town center into much larger rectangular lots of equal size, imposing a grid pattern on the earlier meandering lots that is both visually striking and a portent of the phenomenal growth of settlement to come. Separately, we acquired the covers for the pocket map version (without the pocket map) in which someone wrote in a contemporary hand "This cover contained the copy of the 1st map of the City of Los Angeles made in 1849 by Lt. Ord and is now framed and hanging in my office. I paid $5.00 for it." Covers are dark brown cloth 16x11 with "Published By Bancroft & Thayer, Real Estate Brokers, 21 Spring Street, And W.H.J. Brooks, Searcher of Records, Los Angeles, Cal." stamped in gilt.
Rand McNally and Company
Cover: California, Nevada ju
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1925
Pocket Map
Authors
Rand McNally and Company
Full Title
(Covers to) Rand McNally Junior Road Map California and Nevada. Copyright By Rand McNally & Co. Chicago Ill. Made In U.S.A. ... (1926)
List No
1596A
Rand McNally and Company
Rand McNally Junior Road Map
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1925
Pocket Map
Authors
Rand McNally and Company
Full Title
Rand McNally Junior Road Map California and Nevada. Copyright By Rand McNally & Co. Chicago Ill. Made In U.S.A. .. (1926)
List No
1596.001
Note
These maps formed the basis for the first Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas that appeared in 1924 and 1926. Folded into white card board covers 13x8 printed with "Rand McNally Junior Auto Trails Map. States Of California And Nevada. Presented by H.W. Logan Phone Oak. 679, 401 Webster Street, Oakland, Calif." Also stamped with the ad "Brunswick Tires" in black against orange background. Map is printed in dark blue and roads are shown in red. "H-43."
Security Savings Bank
Cover: Security map and stre
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1908
Pocket Map
Authors
Security Savings Bank
Full Title
(Covers to) Security Map And Street Railway Guide of the City of Los Angeles and Vicinity with Map of Beaches and nearby Points of Interest. Copyright 1908 by Security Savings Bank Los Angeles, California ... Presented Free With Compliments Of Security Savings Bank. Security Bldg. Spring And Fifth Sts. (inset) Extension Of Hollywood. (inset) Extension Of Garvanza South Pasadena. (inset) Map Showing The "Shoestring" Annexed to the City of Los Angeles. (on verso, map of the Vicinity of Los Angeles) Security Map 1907. (on verso) Depot Lines.
List No
3032A
Security Savings Bank
Security Map And Street Rail
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1908
Pocket Map
Authors
Security Savings Bank
Full Title
Security Map And Street Railway Guide of the City of Los Angeles and Vicinity with Map of Beaches and nearby Points of Interest. Copyright 1908 by Security Savings Bank Los Angeles, California ... Presented Free With Compliments Of Security Savings Bank. Security Bldg. Spring And Fifth Sts. (inset) Extension Of Hollywood. (inset) Extension Of Garvanza South Pasadena. (inset) Map Showing The "Shoestring" Annexed to the City of Los Angeles. (on verso, map of the Vicinity of Los Angeles) Security Map 1907. (on verso) Depot Lines.
List No
3032.001
Note
Early Los Angeles street guide showing the electric railways. Signed on plate in lower right "ok'd 2/20/08 J. Henry Wood." Map is folded into beige card board covers 18.5x10 with "Security Map And Street Railway Guide Of The City of Los Angeles And Vicinity With Map Of Beaches And Nearby Points Of Interest. Designed, Copyrighted And Published By Security Savings Bank Los Angeles, California Copyright 1908. J. Henry Wood Advertiser."
Transcontinental Air Transpo
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Air Route from Los Angeles t
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1929
Pocket Map
Authors
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc.
Full Title
(Map of the United States showing the air route from Los Angeles, California to Columbus, Ohio). Copyright, Rand McNally & Company.
List No
3704.001
Note
Map shows the air route from Los Angeles to Columbus in full color. From Clovis, New Mexico to Waynoka, Oklahoma it was still necessary to travel that section by rail. The map also shows the TAT weather reporting stations begun specifically to service this air route. By teletype the observers were able to communicate with the pilots about weather conditions in the upcoming regions. The "Certificate of Flight" was completed by Mason Menefee. He departed Los Angeles on April 25, 1930 and went as far as St. Louis, Missouri.
Transcontinental Air Transpo
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Illustrated Map of the Route
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1929
Pocket Map
Authors
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc.
Full Title
Illustrated Map of the Route of Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. TAT. Copyright, Rand McNally & Company. 7134 - New York 6-29.
List No
3704.002
Note
Map in full color with drawings of interesting features in the United States. Below the main map is an elevation profile with lines leading up to the point along the route noted below. The profile delineates the states, mileage and the height of the features on the profile. The route of the airplane is shown in blue and includes an airplane making the trip. Surround the map and profile are drawings of natural features and cities throughout the United States.
California. Office of State
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Los Angeles & San Bernardino
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1880
Manuscript Map
Authors
California. Office of State Engineer, Hall, Wm. Ham. (William Hammond)
Full Title
Los Angeles & San Bernardino topography. Wm. H. Hall, State Engineer, Sacramento. (circa 1880)
List No
3451.000
Note
Beautiful hand drawn map of the Los Angles-San Bernardino Basin. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Relief shown by hachures. It appears to be a base map on a scale of two miles to an inch, probably preliminary (several of Hall's notations on the edges indicate corrections needed to the topography) and earlier than the 1888 Report titled "Irrigation in California" that had 15 maps that may have been derived from this map. It may also have served as the base for "Drainage area map to accompany report on irrigation and water supply in California" by Wm. Ham. Hall, State Engineer. (188-?). Hall was a famous engineer who was the first state engineer and was responsible for many of the early state water projects (see California Water Atlas). This map does not have any names drawn in except for a few towns, rivers, or railroads lightly penciled in. All the land divisions and city plats are indicated, with mountains, rivers, railroads, roads, arroyos and shorelines shown. Hall also published four maps of the San Joaquin Valley in 1886 (see WH's copy) separately (see Calfornia Water Atlas p.26). "VI." Title and cartographer from verso. "14" on verso.
Rand McNally and Company
California.
1897
World Atlas
Authors
Rand McNally and Company
Full Title
Rand, McNally & Co.'s new business atlas map of California. Copyright, 1892, by Rand, McNally & Co. (Chicago, 1897)
List No
3565.146
Note
Col. map. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows railroads, townships, reservations, etc. Insets: (Central California from Sacramento to Fresno). Scale (ca. 1:875,000) -- (Portion of Southern California from Los Angeles to San Diego). Scale (ca. 1:1,000,000). Title in margin: Rand, McNally & Company's Indexed atlas of the world. California.
Southern Pacific Company
Cover: California, Texas, Me
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1892
Timetable Map
Authors
Southern Pacific Company
Full Title
(Covers to:) California, Texas, Mexico And Arizona Southern Pacific Co. "Sunset route" from New Orleans to the Pacific Coast ... January, 1892. American Bank Note Co., N.Y.
List No
3139A
Note
Self wrapper cover in color, illustrated.
Southern Pacific Company
California, Texas, Mexico an
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1892
Timetable Map
Authors
Southern Pacific Company
Full Title
California, Texas, Mexico And Arizona Southern Pacific Co. "Sunset route" from New Orleans to the Pacific Coast ... January, 1892. American Bank Note Co., N.Y.
List No
3139B
Note
Timetables and travel information (20 p.) including self wrapper cover in color, illustrated. Folded to 21 x 10 cm.
Southern Pacific Company
Railway, steamship lines, So
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1892
Timetable Map
Authors
Southern Pacific Company
Full Title
Correct map of the railway & steamship lines operated by the Southern Pacific Company [United States and Mexico]. Poole Bros., Map Engravers, Chicago. (inset) County map of Texas showing the Atlantic System of the Southern Pacific Company. (inset) San Francisco, California. (inset) Los Angeles, California. (inset) New Orleans. (inset) San Antonio, Texas.
List No
3139.001
Note
Col. map with 5 insets. Relief shown by hachures. Shows connecting steamship routes from New York to New Orleans. Text descriptions of California and Texas. Interior view of Sleeping Car.
California State Board of Tr
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Map of California.
1892
Guide Book
Authors
California State Board of Trade
Full Title
Map of California, prepared for the State Board of Trade, 1892 ... By the Elliot (sic) Pub. Co., S.F. (with) Map of section surrounding San Francisco. (with) Map showing Orange Co., and part of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.
List No
5642.001
Note
Col. lithographed map with 2 insets. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes statistical tables.
Hill Publishing Company, Hil
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Los Angeles, California.
1928
Pocket Map
Authors
Hill Publishing Company, Hill, E. F.
Full Title
Map of Los Angeles, California. Copyright, by E.F. Hill. (inset map) City of Inglewood.
List No
4057.001
Note
Shows Pacific Eletric Railway, Los Angeles Railway Co. and bus lines, etc. Includes also all or part of Santa Monica, Culver City, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Vernon, Maywood, Bell, Cudahy, Walnut Park, Belvedere, Pasadena, South Pasadena and Glendale. Indexed.
Hill Publishing Company, Hil
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Verso: Los Angeles, Californ
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1928
Pocket Map
Authors
Hill Publishing Company, Hill, E. F.
Full Title
Map of Eagle Rock with sections of Annandale and Glendale. Copyright 1927, E.F. Hill. Map of San Fernando addition to the city of Los Angeles. Hill's map of South Los Angeles and Harbor District. Hill's map of North Hollywood, formerly Lankershim. Hill's map of Glendale. Outline map showing annexations to the city of Los Angeles. Street map of Burbank.
List No
4057.002
Note
Seven maps, copyrighted 1927 or 1928. Show streets, railways, municipal boundaries, etc. Eagle Rock, Annandale, Glendale map is indexed.
Hill Publishing Company, Hil
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Cover: Los Angeles, Californ
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1928
Pocket Map
Authors
Hill Publishing Company, Hill, E. F.
Full Title
(Covers to) Map of Los Angeles, California. Copyright, by E.F. Hill.
List No
4057A
Note
Tan and orange cardboard covers printed with "Hill's map of greater Los Angeles showing ... street cars and bus Lines. Price 50 cents. For sale by Rand McNally & Co., R.A. McNally, representative 125 E. 6th St. TUcker 5307. Copyright, Hill Publishing Co. 631 Southwest Bldg. ..."
United States. Post Office D
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Composite: California, Nevad
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1896
Pocket Map
Authors
United States. Post Office Dept., Von Haake, A.
Full Title
(Composite of) Post route map of the states of California and Nevada showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of June, 1896. Published by order of Postmaster General William L. Wilson under the direction of A. von Haake, Topographer, P.O. Dept. (Washington, D.C., 1896)
List No
3356.003
Note
Composite of four col. sheets folded in 2 covers. Shows drainage, counties, railroads, etc. Inset maps: (San Francisco Bay Area). Scale (ca. 1:450,000) -- (Los Angeles and vicinity). Scale (ca. 1:450,000). Includes lists of counties in California & Nevada.
Blum, George W.
Preface, legend.
1896
Guide Book
Authors
Blum, George W.
Full Title
(Text page to) The Cyclers' Guide and Road Book of California Containing Map of California in relief with principal Roads, Seven Sectional Maps showing all available Roads for Cyclers from Chico to San Diego, and a Map of Golden Gate Park. 1896. Price, One Dollar. Compiled and Published by Geo. W. Blum, 330 Pine St., S.F. Edward Denny & Co., Agents.
List No
1592C
Note
Includes explanation of symbols and abbreviations used on maps.
Los Angeles & Santa Monica L
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Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ay
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1887
Separate Map
Authors
Los Angeles & Santa Monica Land & Water Co., Theo. G. Kocher & Co.
Full Title
Map of the subdivision of Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres and the town of Sunset owned by Los Angeles & Santa Monica Land & Water Co., situated in Los Angeles Co., Cal. Surveyed by Theo. G. Kocher & Co. 1887. Los Angeles Litho. Co., 48 to 52 Banning St.
List No
5063.000
Note
Robinson calls this a "fantastic wall map." It is quite striking visually, with a brilliant yellow setting sun and the word "Sunset" overprinted on tract map of the area around present day Wilshire Boulevard. The copy illustrated by Robinson is slightly different from this copy: the tract map has a light blue color (here white) and the printing is in light gold/brown color (here black). Shows block and lot numbers and dimensions, railroad, etc.
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