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Title: General Map Collection
Dates: 1555-2000
Collection Number: GC 1310
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Extent: Map cases; 2 ov
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: An artificial map collection.
Language of Material: English
Research is by appointment only
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General Map Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Various accessions
Scope and Content of Collection
An artificial map collection. Southern California maps documenting real estate development, transportation patterns, promotion
of tourism, and other subjects. 19th to 20th centuries. Also California maps and maps of other states. World maps ranging
from the 16th to 20th centuries.
See also a separate rolled map collection (named so because the maps are rolled up.)
See also insurance and real estate atlases.
See also: GC1165 Street and Road Maps and GC1280 Special Maps Collection.
See also: GC1115 and GC1257 for other world maps.