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Auction 180, Lot 231

"Map Showing Interurban Lines of Electric and Steam Railways to Los Angeles Resorts Giving Distances, Routes and Fares from Los Angeles, Cal. "

Subject: Los Angeles, California

Period: 1909 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
21.2 x 31.3 inches
53.8 x 79.5 cm
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This map of the greater Los Angeles region was issued by the German American Savings Bank and shows the lines of the Pacific Electric, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake railways extending from Santa Monica and San Perdro east to Anaheim, Covina and Mt. Lowe. Includes an index to the routes below the map. The verso contains a large map of the city of Los Angeles and interior views of the bank. Folds into paper wrappers (4.0 x 8.2"). Only one past sale record and one institutional example located on OCLC.

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Condition: B

Issued folding with a 3" tear along the upper fold that has been closed on verso with archival tape and a short separation along the middle fold that has been closed on recto with tape. There are a number of pencil notations in the image and a small stain at top left where the map was glued to the wrapper.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $375

Closed on 11/18/2020

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