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Title
City of Los Angeles : incorporated under American law April 4, 1850
Creator
Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Water and Power, Producer
Contributor
Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Water and Power, Producer
Date Created and/or Issued
1950
Publication Information
Dept of Special Collections/UCLA Library, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, 405 Hilgard Ave, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575; http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
Published in: Los Angeles, Calif
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Maps of Los Angeles, Calif., the U.S. and the World Collection
Rights Information
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
UC Regents
Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, U.C. Los Angeles
Description
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
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"
Perspective map not drawn to scale
Type
image
Format
1 view : col. ; 41 x 46 cm. originally folded to 23 x 10 cm
Form/Genre
bird's-eye views
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb4w1009kr
uclamss_294_b125_1
Language
English
Subject
Water resources development--California--Los Angeles--History
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Aerial views

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