General Map Collection, 1555-2000

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Title:: General Map Collection
Dates:: 1555-2000
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Extent:: Map cases; 2 ov
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Preferred citation:: General Map Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Scope and content:: 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.
Acquisition information:: Various accessions

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:: 1555-2000
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Research is by appointment only
Terms of access:: Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:: General Map Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US