Inglewood the hub city : map of Los Angeles County, Southwest

Item Overview

Title

Inglewood the hub city : map of Los Angeles County, Southwest

Date Created

1908

Place of Origin

Inglewood, Calif.

Publisher

Inglewood (Calif.). Board of Trade

Language

English

Collection

Maps of Los Angeles, California, the United States and the World, circa 1516-1970

Notes

Description

The map on side 1 shows Inglewood in the middle of the greater Los Angeles area, with red lines emanating from that "hub" showing mileage from Inglewood to specified destinations. The other side of the map contains promotional material about Inglewood (including that "Inglewood is composed of Caucasians only"), including descriptions of its attractions (with caption title, Desirable residence conditions), a city business directory and a short recap of this information. The entire sheet is intended to be folded and used as a brochure for real estate purposes.
Digitization took place as part of the California Cultures Project.
Purchase, Michael Vinson, 1995.
scale: 1:90,000

Physical Description

Extent

1 map : col.

Dimensions

51 x 45 cm. originally folded to 25 x 12 cm.

Keywords

Genre

maps
cartographic

Subjects

Inglewood (Calif.)--Maps.

Location

Inglewood (Calif.)--Directories
Inglewood (Calif.)--Description and travel--Maps

Resource type

still image