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Title
Map of the City of Los Angeles showing railway system Aug. 1st '08 - Oct. 7th '08
Alternative Title
H.E.H. All lines and franchises L.A. City 1908.
Contributor
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927, former owner
Date Created and/or Issued
1908
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
Oversized material. Use of original requires approval and extended retrieval and delivery time. May require special handling instructions.
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Shows streets and electric streetcar lines. The streetcar lines for Los Angeles Railway Company and franchises, Pacific Electric Railway Company and franchises, Los Angeles Inter- Urban Railway, Los Angeles and Redondo Railway and Los Angles Pacific Rail Road are depicted in different colors. Scale statement on map reads "1320 feet to one inch." Relief given in hachures. "H.E.H." are the initials of Henry E. Huntington, owner of the Pacific Electric Railway Company and other lines. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.
Extent
1 map : color ; 92 x 83 cm on sheet 100 x 90 cm.
Identifier
646652
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/16007
Subject
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.)--Maps
Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles--Maps
Electric railroads--California--Los Angeles--Maps
Maps. (rbgenr)
Place
North America
United States
California
Los Angeles
W 118°19'35"
W 118°09'52"/N 34°07'27"
N 33°59’10”

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