| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 6572 |  | Details | Newspaper Art League | 1915 |
| Marin County California Pictorial Cadastral Map of La Verne Heights Subdivision |
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Newspaper Art League |
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| 1915 |
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| $0.00 | Newspaper-Art-League | Marin-County-California-Pictorial-Cadastral-Map-of-La-Verne-Heights-Subdivision | SOLD
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Rare cadastral map of La Verne Heights, a newly platted subdivision in Marin County, California circa 1915. Only two other copies of this scarce cadastral map are known, both at institutions. No sales of the map are recorded.
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J. W. Wright & Co of San Francisco were the exclusive agents for the land. Bears the attribution and the logo of the Newspaper Art League.
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At top of the plan is a depiction of the Park Avenue Station and the lines for a "Fast Electric Train" of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) that claimed a one way commute of "15 minus to Sausalito" and "1/2 hour to San Francisco. The NWP operated a network of electric rail lines in Marin County from 1903 to 1941.
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At upper left is an inset view of Mt. Tamalpais from Laverne Heights. Inset of Marin County High School, actually Tamalpais High School with an optimistic note: "12 minutes.. walk to Marin County High School."
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Homes are depicted of some prominent existing families who lived nearby including: Captain Robinson, Dr. Allen, the Armstrong Home, the Isted and the Stolte residences, the Dobbs, Wises, Gruenhagens, and Lillian Ferguson. Ferguson was a reporter on the San Francisco Examiner, later she edited paper's Sunday edition.
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The developer included lot dimensions, square footage, and lot number.
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(1) Online. December 2022. https://www.mvhistory.org/history-of/history-of-homestead-valley/laverne-heights-maps/ |