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East Los Angeles : Los Angeles County, California
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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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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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The old Spanish and Mexican ranchos of Los Angeles County
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No old shelf mark. A classic map - birds-eye view with some distortion of boundaries but very widely displayed. Scale applies to basin portion of the map only. For another copy of this map, see RB 247545 and ephMPCALIFBV0083. Cartouches: Figures and scrolls. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.
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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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Yankee Jims', Placer County, California, 1857
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Scott & Brother were bankers in Yankee Jims'. "Britton & Rey print." "Drawn from nature & lithd by Kuchel & Dresel, San Francisco." At head of lithograph: Kuchel & Dresel's California views. Vignettes: 12 vignettes of homes and businesses. MS note: 183632. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes.
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The annual of the Trade Edition Pasadena Daily Star
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A birds-eye view with advertising in the surround and on the verso. The Painter Hotel is featured upper left, current site of La Pintorisca Public Library. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Full page of advertising copy.
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