The Descriptive Finding Guide for the Area Maps Collection

Collection

Identifier: SDASM-SC-10267

Staff Only

Abstract

This collection contains two boxes of various aeronautical and road maps. Most of the maps cover San Diego, Los Angeles, and Southern California deserts, but the collection also contains maps of Las Vegas, Alaska, Chicago, Seattle, the North Pacific Ocean, Arizona, the Far East, and one world map. The maps were produced by U.S. Government corporations as well as oil companies and various transportation companies. The maps are all formatted with the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection. The collection contains maps from 1934 to 2001, all donated by various donors.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1910 - 2000

Biographical / Historical

Extent

3 Cubic Feet (This collection contains two boxes of various aeronautical and road maps. Most of the maps cover San Diego, Los Angeles, and Southern California deserts, but the collection also contains maps of Las Vegas, Alaska, Chicago, Seattle, the North Pacific Ocean, Arizona, the Far East, and one world map. The maps were produced by U.S. Government corporations as well as oil companies and various transportation companies. The maps are all formatted with the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection. The collection contains maps from 1934 to 2001, all donated by various donors. ) : The maps are organized by chronological order