City of Los Angeles : incorporated under American law April 4, 1850
Item Overview
- Title
- City of Los Angeles : incorporated under American law April 4, 1850
- Producer
- Los Angeles (Calif.). $b Dept. of Water and Power
- Date Created
- 1950
- Place of Origin
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Maps of Los Angeles, California, the United States and the World, circa 1516-1970
Notes
- Description
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Digitization took place as part of the California Cultures Project.
scale not given
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Panel title (on verso of map): "City of Los Angeles, 1850-1950, growth of the water and power systems under American law." Caption on verso: "The story of Los Angeles is the struggle for water and power"
View of the city as it appeared in 1850, based on the Ord Survey made in 1848 and on old photographs for details of the buildings
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 view : col.
- Dimensions
- 41 x 46 cm. originally folded to 23 x 10 cm
Keywords
- Genre
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cartographic
bird's-eye views - Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- Water resources development--California--Los Angeles--History
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz00160fh7
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- unknown