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Subject: Re: [MAPS-L] Need 1950's Los Angeles Street Maps
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:15:28 -0500
From: Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]>
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CC: Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
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Some of these are older than the 50's but they do contain your area:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/california.html
in particular
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/los_angeles_central_1917.jpg


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> Subject:        Need 1950's Los Angeles Street Maps
> Date:   Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:17:04 -0500
> From:   Adonna Fleming <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> Does anyone know of a library that would have street maps of Los Angeles
> from the 1950's? I'm looking for maps that would be detailed enough to
> show an area referred to as the "West Side". This area has been
> described in literature as having the following streets: Compton Ave.,
> Fortuna, Norman, W. 27th St., intersection of Newton St. and Central Ave.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Adonna Fleming
> Geology Library
> 10 Bessey Hall
> University of Nebraska - Lincoln
> Lincoln, NE 68588-0344
> 402 472-3920