{"id":240,"date":"2011-12-13T18:31:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T02:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2011\/12\/13\/as-the-city-grew-historical-maps-of-los-angeles\/"},"modified":"2011-12-13T18:31:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T02:31:35","slug":"as-the-city-grew-historical-maps-of-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2011\/12\/13\/as-the-city-grew-historical-maps-of-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"As the City Grew: Historical Maps of Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curatingla.com%2Fblog-index%2F2011%2F12%2F13%2Fas-the-city-grew-historical-maps-of-los-angeles.html&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=35&amp;appId=190090267703672\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><br \/><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/LAPL_logo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1323758079247\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>The Los Angeles Public library (LAPL) is a wonderful resource that is underappreciated by many in the city. Take for example its 100 year old map collection, which consists of more than 100,000 items. According to the LAPL, &ldquo;it is one of the largest collections owned by a public library in the U.S. and is noted for materials relating to Los Angeles and the West including historical topographical maps, road maps, street guides, and fire insurance atlases.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now visitors to the library&rsquo;s central branch can view 34 rare maps from this extensive collection in a new exhibit called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapl.org\/events\/city_grew\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">As the City Grew: Historical Maps of Los Angeles<\/a><\/em>.&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #181718;\">According to LAPL&rsquo;s map librarian Glen Creason, the exhibition depicts the City&rsquo;s development &ldquo;&hellip;<\/span> from Native American settlements to the colonial pueblo to the modern megalopolis.&rdquo; He went on to explain that the exhibit includes some real treasures, such as &ldquo;a rare first printing of the Ord Survey, the first surveyed map of Los Angeles, a signed copy of the Kirkman-Harriman maps showing Indian villages, the first topographic map of the area, a 1903 automobile road map, one of the few copies existing of Laura Whitlock&rsquo;s depiction of the Pacific Electric streetcar lines and the dazzling Jo Mora pictorial map from 1942.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"thumbnail-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span><a href=\"javascript:showFullImage('\/display\/ShowImage?imageUrl=%2Fstorage%2Fjournal-images%2Fevents%2FSpanishMexRanchos_LAPLMap.jpg%3F__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION%3D1323800980021',450,400);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/storage\/thumbnails\/7112123-15582166-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1323801391911\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"thumbnail-caption\" style=\"width: 152px;\">The Old Spanish &amp; Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County  Title Insurance and Trust Company  Gerald Eddy, cartographer, 1937<\/span><\/span>DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: On display through November 4, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: Downtown Central Library, First Floor Galleries, 630 W. Fifth Street Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong>:<br \/>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/LAPL_logo.jpg\" alt=\"LAPublicLibrary_logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Public library (LAPL) is a wonderful resource that is underappreciated by many in the city. Take for example its 100 year old map collection, which consists of more than 100,000 items. 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