Thomas Bros Popular Atlas of Los Angeles County 1946
VINTAGE THOMAS BROS. POPULAR ATLAS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY 1946
This vintage Thomas Bros. Atlas was printed when the population in all of Los Angeles County was only 3,435,000 and few if any of the Freeways as we know them today were in existence. You will also NOT find many of the streets that we Angelinos travel today as the communities of that day had not yet expanded to handle the growth that has occurred since then.
The Atlas consisting of 156 pages contains, in addition to the usual maps and indexes, lists of Buildings, Universities and Colleges, Hospitals, Motion Picture Studios and other points of interest plus the population of cities/towns in the county. Also you will find the Los Angeles transit lines and the L A Motor Coach lines and their routes. Finally on page 154 you will find a listing of the Constabulary- Personnel for the county’s townships.
The atlas is in very good condition given its age. All pages are present and completey attached to the ring binder with the exception of the 1st page which has separated from the 1st 4 rings at the top and 2 rings at the bottom. Also the 1st page appears to have been laminated on the front only which has created some wrinkles and caused the top and bottom corners to curl up as shown in photos. There are no tears or other damage to the pages.
Seller: thebookvendor1934 / Buyer: chume65
Two people got lucky. First, the seller was able to procure a 40s L.A. County that is in remarkably good condition, and then sell it for more than I absolutely expected.
Then the buyer is able to fight off another bidder and get this fabulous treasure.
I have seen 1950s Los Angeles atlases stall at $10.00, but this earlier edition must be an absolute rarity for the price that it fetched.
I’m still not sure if Thomas produced a San Diego atlas in book form this early, but if it did, the price could easily be double.
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Very good style! Worth having around to show to friends. Ignites memories of long-time residents of Los Angeles, and other counties in California the Thomas guide served. Also TBM had the pocket-sized B&W printed maps, but it had like 90 pages.
Thomas Bros. guides improved local map quality in the age of the automobile, but the Thomas Brothers company began in 1915 to offer real estate maps. The brothers knew the potential in a rapid-growing real estate boom markets in 1920′s California. +