| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 6444 |  | Details | Armstrong Edward Jones, III | 19373 |
| 1973 Bird's-Eye View of Isla Vista, California |
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Armstrong Edward Jones, III |
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| 19373 |
| LOC:150 |
| $325.00 | Armstrong-Edward-Jones--III | 1973-Bird-s-Eye-View-of-Isla-Vista--California | Detailed 1973 bird's-eye view of Isla Vista, California, depicting the seaside community adjoining the University of California, Santa Barbara. Viewed from offshore, the map presents the coastal bluffs and beachfront houses in the foreground, with residential streets extending inland toward open land and distant mountains. Printed in brown and light green, it combines individually drawn buildings with labeled streets and a decorative floral title surround.<br><br>
The view records the close-packed houses, apartment buildings, and commercial blocks that defined Isla Vista's built environment. Named roads include Del Playa Drive, Sabado Tarde Road, Trigo Road, Pasado Road, and Abrego Road. Peripheral features include Devereux School, Coal Oil Point Reserve, and an area labeled "The Enchanted Forest," while the university is identified at the right. Small boats offshore and whimsical details in the sky lend an informal character to the otherwise closely observed townscape.<br><br>
Dated 1973 in the title and bearing the copyright notice of Edward James Armstrong III. A detailed visual record of Isla Vista's coastal development and its relationship to the neighboring university, combining the traditional American bird's-eye town view with the decorative sensibility of a 1970s pictorial poster.
"Richard Brautigan did his first reading of Trout Fishing in America in Isla Vista in October 1967, at the Unicorn Book Shop. " (Wikipedia) |