Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Covers: A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and San Francisco Peninsula by Arthur Lites.
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Short Title:
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Covers: A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and San Francisco Peninsula by Arthur Lites.
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Obj Height cm:
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24
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Obj Width cm:
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11
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Note:
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Date estimated. Front panel features a group of Spanish travelers looking upward at the "palo alto" or the "tall tree".
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Full Title:
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(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.
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List No:
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6787.001
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Page No:
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covers
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Series No:
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1
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Pub Date:
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1925
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Pub Title:
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Palo Alto, California. Palo Alto, A Pictorial Map Drawn from the View Point (Birdseye) of One Aboard a United States Navy Dirigible.
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Pub Note:
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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.
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Pub List No:
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6787.000
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Pub Maps:
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1
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Pub Height cm:
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24
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Pub Width cm:
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11
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Image No:
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6787001
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Publisher Location:
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Palo Alto
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Publisher:
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City of Palo Alto
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Type:
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Covers
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Subject:
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Pictorial map
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Publication Author:
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Lites, Arthur
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Publication Author:
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(Palo Alto) Chamber of Commerce
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Pub Type:
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Separate Map
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Author:
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Lites, Arthur
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Author:
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(Palo Alto) Chamber of Commerce
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Date:
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1925
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