COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Covers: A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and San Francisco Peninsula by Arthur Lites.
Obj Height cm:
24
Obj Width cm:
11
Note:
Date estimated. Front panel features a group of Spanish travelers looking upward at the "palo alto" or the "tall tree".
Full Title:
(Covers to) A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and San Francisco Peninsula by Arthur Lites. Palo Alto, California. A Pictorial Map. Home of Stanford University.
List No:
6787.001
Page No:
covers
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1925
Pub Title:
Palo Alto, California. Palo Alto, A Pictorial Map Drawn from the View Point (Birdseye) of One Aboard a United States Navy Dirigible.
Pub Note:
Double sided folding brochure. Date estimated. Elegant script on the verso promotes the area, with its perfect climate. Several versions of this pamphlet were issued over a period of years from the 1920s through the 1940s, and possibly later. This first edition has an image of a blimp with text "U.S. Naval Air Station at Sunnyvale" at upper right of the map. Several versions of this pamphlet were issued over a period of years from the 1920s through the 1950s.
Pub List No:
6787.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
24
Pub Width cm:
11
Image No:
6787001
Publisher Location:
Palo Alto
Publisher:
City of Palo Alto
Type:
Covers
Subject:
Pictorial map
Publication Author:
Lites, Arthur
Publication Author:
(Palo Alto) Chamber of Commerce
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Author:
Lites, Arthur
Author:
(Palo Alto) Chamber of Commerce
Date:
1925
Covers: A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and San Francisco Peninsula by Arthur Lites.
