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Stock# 92408
Description
Scarce, large, and detailed map of California, edition 1248, by the National Map Company. The recto features topographic relief and the verso, the highway system.
Lankershim, with a population of 2,000 according to the index, was renamed North Hollywood in 1927 and in the Los Angeles inset map, Sherman (population 1,000) is labeled, renamed West Hollywood in 1925.
E.A. Peterson's National Map Company was incorporated in 1886 in Indianapolis. The company sold washable maps and map display fixtures and was a major dealer of George F. Cram maps, purchasing a controlling interest in the company in 1920, upon Cram's retirement. Following Cram's death in 1928, Peterson renamed his company the George F. Cram Company.
Condition Description
Some foxing in upper right (on recto). Some damage to top margin, with a few tears with associated loss. Folds have some wear, with holes at crossfolds.
Reference
Printers' Ink; the ... Magazine of Advertising, Management and Sales. United States: n.p., 1920.
System. United States: Shaw-Walker Company, 1919.
System. United States: Shaw-Walker Company, 1919.
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