Antique E-Z Guide Map of Los Angeles with Rotating Locator, 1927

Name: Antique E-Z Guide Map of Los Angeles with Rotating Locator, 1927
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14365
Price: 490 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1927
Kind: Maps
Size: 32.5 × 42.2 cm (12.8 × 16.6 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. Good antique condition. Issued folding, with the original fold lines, scattered spotting, age toning and light wear along the folds and edges. The important rotating wooden locator remains present and attached. Please examine the photographs first.Seller Locatio
Period: The Twentieth Century
Places: California
Reference: BG-14365

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A 1927 street map of Los Angeles with a working rotating locator, issued by the Security Trust & Savings Bank as an advertising map under the title "Improved E-Z Guide Map of Los Angeles". The old description credits the Clason Map Company as maker. It is printed in red, green and black on card stock, and a wooden pointer is still attached to the sheet by its metal rivet.

The map covers central Los Angeles and the surrounding communities, including Hollywood at the upper left, Glendale, South Pasadena, Inglewood, Huntington Park and Vernon. Griffith Park, Elysian Park, Exposition Park and Hollywood Cemetery are named. Red and green lines mark principal automobile routes, municipal boundaries and the branches of the bank, and a large printed circle surrounds the central area.

The locator works with the index in the left margin. The circle is numbered around its edge, and the pointer carries the letters A to Z, so a user could look up a street, read off a letter and number, and turn the pointer to the right spot. A "How to Use the Easy Guide Map" panel sits at upper left. The folding cover advertises the bank's 55 offices around the city and is dated 12-27.

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