Main entry:

Creason, Glen.

Title & Author:

Los Angeles in maps / Glen Creason ; foreword by D.J. Waldie ; with contributions by Dydia DeLyser [and others].

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli : Distributed to the U.S. trade by Random House, 2010.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 188) and index.
Prehistory and Native American presence : The Kirkman-Harriman pictorial and historical map of Los Angeles County 1860 AD -- Missions : Map of the lands of the Mission San Gabriel -- Ranchos : The old Spanish and Mexican ranchos of Los Angeles County ; Map of a potion of Los Angeles County showing the Abel Stearns ranchos (for sale by Alfred Robinson) -- Founding of the city : Ord's survey -- Early growth : Kuchel & Dresel's California views ; Map of the 35 acre lots of the Los Angeles city lands, Hancock survey ; Hansen map ; Ruxton Plaza ; Bird's-eye view of Los Angeles ; Los Angeles in 1881 ; Map of the city of Los Angeles ; Map of the city of Los Angeles, compiled by surveys made by the city surveyor during 1886 ; Panorama 1891 -- Land booms : Ninth Street tract ; Pierce's Los Angeles ; Official map of the County of Los Angeles ; Los Angeles 1909 ; Garland atlas ; Annexation map -- Social life : Map of lovers lane showing proposed lines of alteration ; Fort Hill tract ; Dakin atlas ; Business property map of Los Angeles ; Baist's real estate atlas of surveys of Los Angeles ; Branch library map ; The heart of Los Angeles ; The Miracle Mile -- Birth of the suburbs : Sunset ; Angelino Heights ; Laughlin Park tract number 2099 -- San Fernando Valley : Valley historic -- Water : Map showing the locations of the old Zanja Madre, ditches, vineyards, and Old Town, etc. ; Map of the reservoir lands in the city and county of Los Angeles ; Topographic map of the Los Angeles aqueduct and adjacent territory -- The river : "Mapping Los Angeles' missing river" / Joe Linton ; Map of the Los Angeles River from Los Angeles city limits to the Pacific Ocean -- Infrastructure : Map of the proposed sewer system for the city of Los Angeles ; USGS topo -- Railways : Official transportation map of the Pacific Electric Railway System ; Go places with the Los Angeles transit lines -- Harbor : Map of Los Angeles County ; Los Angeles Harbor and vicinity -- The age of the automobile : "Road map of Eden" / Morgan P. Yates ; Rueger's automobile and Miner's road map of Southern California ; The panoramic automobile road map and tourist guide book of Southern California -- Oil : Views of oil fields around Los Angeles -- Hollywood : Map of Hollywood ; Hollywood 1915 ; Hollywood 1925 ; Hollywood: film capital of the world -- Tourism : "Mapping tourism in Southern California" / Dydia DeLyser ; The travelure map of Los Angeles and vicinity ; Greater Los Angeles ; Official sightseeing map of Los Angeles city and county ; Historical and recreational map of Los Angeles ; Historic roads to romance -- Olympics : Olympics map -- Maps to the stars homes : "Maps of the stars homes" / William J. Warren ; Souvenir map and guide to starland estates and mansions -- Between the lines: Stories of Los Angeles : Venice of America ; Simon's Brick Company Yard No.3 ; Chavez Ravine ; Mesmer City ; Barnes City ; Nautical map of Catalina Island ; Arnold Schoenberg's Los Angeles ; Bell Quadrangle ; Central Avenue ; Wrigley Field ; The Goez map guide to the murals of East Los Angeles ; Literary map of Los Angeles -- Modern maps : Los Angeles area freeway system ; Interactive map of the Chinatown area of Los Angeles ; Downtown Los Angeles ; Map of Los Angeles neighborhoods.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

An illustrated cartographic history of the City of Angels from the colonial era to the present. "Los Angeles inhabits a place of the mind as much as it does a physical geographic space. A land of palm trees and movie stars, sunshine and glamour, the city exists in the imagination as a paradise; of course, the reality is far more expansive than this. Through seventy reproductions of seminal and historic documents, Los Angeles in Maps presents the evolution of this almost mythical place. Maps featured include historic maps from the early days of the pueblo that would become Los Angeles, to more recent, yet no less fascinating, topographic surveys, tourist guides, real estate maps, bird’s-eye views, and more. Winding naturally, like the course of the Los Angeles River, the book passes through essential terrain: the discovery of oil, the rise of Hollywood, the streetcar system, the Sleepy Lagoon murder and Zoot Suit riots, Los Angeles Harbor, earthquakes, sprawl, and splendor."--From dust jacket.

ISBN:

9780847833917 (hbk.)
0847833917 (hbk.)

Subject:

Cartography California Los Angeles.
Cartographie Californie Los Angeles.
Cartography.
Historical geography.
Stadtplan.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Historical geography Maps.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Historical geography.
Los Angeles (Calif.) History.
California Los Angeles.
Los Angeles.

Form/genre:

History.
Maps.
Cartes géographiques.

Added entries:

Waldie, D. J.
DeLyser, Dydia

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285137
Call No.: BIB 224481
Status: Available