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Auction 175, Lot 181

"[Lot of 3] Map of the City of Los Angeles Showing Streets Graded, Oiled and Paved [and] ... Showing Location of Sanitary Sewers [and] ... Showing Storm Sewers and Drainage Districts",

Subject: Los Angeles, California

Period: 1917 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
15.4 x 38.3 inches
39.1 x 97.3 cm
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These three maps present the evolving infrastructure of Los Angeles in 1917 as it attempted to deal with a population explosion, having grown from 100,000 in 1900 to 550,000 in 1917. The base map is the same for each example with color overprinting to show the status of roads, sanitary sewers, and storm sewers. The base maps include insets showing both recent and proposed annexations by the city. Each map fold onto a stiff sheet with printed title. Drawn by Homer Hamlin, City Engineer. No past sales records and no institutional holdings found on OCLC.

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Condition: A

Issued folding with a few tiny splits at fold intersections, otherwise fine.

Estimate: $170 - $200

Sold for: $800

Closed on 11/13/2019

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