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Title: Los Angeles, California, 1894
Creator: Pierce, B. W. (Bruce Wellington), 1859-1947
Contributor: Semi-Tropic Homestead Co
Date Created and/or Issued: 1894
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: 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.
Extent: 1 map printed col. 74 x 112 cm., sheet 82 x 118 cm.
Identifier: 152149
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1924
Language: English
Subject: Views--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views
Time Period: 1894
Place: North America United States California Los Angeles
(W118°/ N34° approx.).
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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