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Title: County of Los Angeles Land Use Survey Maps
Dates (inclusive): 1936-1939
Collection Number: LACoPRC Maps
Creator:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Regional Planning Commission.
Extent:
16 volumes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Rare Books Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
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Abstract: This collection contains 17 atlases of land use maps for areas in Los Angeles County, California, made between 1936 and 1939.
The maps were created by the Regional Planning Commission of the County of Los Angeles in
conjunction with the Work Projects Administration (WPA) for use in preparing the County's Master Plan of Land Use.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on September 26, 2014.
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
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[Identification of item]. County of Los Angeles Land Use Survey Maps, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors in 1983.
The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission was formed in 1922 to advise the Board of Supervisors on all planning
issues. In January 1936, the Federal Work Projects Administration, under the sponsorship of the Regional Planning Commission,
began conducting a survey of natural land types and existing land cover and use in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, to facilitate
the creation of a Master Plan of Land Use, as required by the 1937 California Planning Act. The survey was completed in July
1940 and culminated in volumes of colored maps, charts, and tables, and land use reports and recommendations.
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Regional Planning Commission.
Master Plan of Land Use Inventory: and Classification (Los Angeles, 1941).
This collection contains 17 atlases (in 16 volumes) of land use survey maps for areas in Los Angeles County, California, made
between 1936 and 1939. The maps were created by the Regional Planning Commission of the
County of Los Angeles in conjunction with the Work Projects Administration (WPA) for use in preparing the County's Master
Plan of Land Use.
Regions were grouped according to United States Census Tracts, and the maps survey the cities and tracts included in the statistical
areas of
Alhambra, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Compton, El Monte, Glendale/La Canada, Inglewood, Long Beach, North (Covina area), Puente
Hills, Pomona, the San Gabriel Valley, Santa Monica, Southeast/Norwalk, Torrance/San Pedro, Vernon, and Whittier.
The maps are colored to reflect different classifications of land uses including open land, farming, residence, commerce,
industry, utility, institution, and recreation.
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Related materials in the Huntington Library
- Land use survey, county of Los Angeles : classification of land uses. A report on W.P.A. project L9785; official project no. 665-07-3-65 (Call number: 499020)
- Master plan of land use : inventory and classification / County of Los Angeles, Regional planning district (Call number: 499023)
- Calvin S. Hamilton Papers (Call number: 605981)
- Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission. Los Angeles County Land Use Maps on Slides (Call number: LACoPRC)
- Southern California Regional Planning Collection (Call number: 605982)
The atlases are arranged numerically according to the book numbers written on the volume covers.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Land use -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Maps.
Regional planning -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Maps.
Zoning -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Maps.
Alhambra (Calif.) -- Maps.
Beverly Hills (Calif.) -- Maps.
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) -- Maps.
Compton (Calif.) -- Maps.
El Monte (Calif.) -- Maps.
Glendale (Calif.) -- Maps.
Inglewood (Calif.) -- Maps.
La Cañada (Calif.) -- Maps.
La Puente (Calif.) -- Maps.
Long Beach (Calif.) -- Maps.
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Maps.
Norwalk (Calif.) -- Maps.
Pomona (Calif.) -- Maps.
San Gabriel (Calif.) -- Maps.
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Maps.
Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Maps.
Torrance (Calif.) -- Maps.
Vernon (Calif.) -- Maps.
Whittier (Calif.) -- Maps.
Maps.
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors, donor.
United States. Work Projects Administration.