Greater Los Angeles: The Wonder City of America
Cartographer:
Leuschner, Karl M.
Date of Creation:
1932
A sweeping view of Los Angeles, all encompassing, with many well-known landmarks, among them the Hollywood Bowl, Brown Derby Restaurant, Venice Pier, and The Rose Bowl. A Goodyear airship flies above Bixby Park, and a single engine plane flies in from the west. The Index includes an early list of Movie Stars homes including: Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Marion Davies, Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Buster Keaton. The earliest known map to Stars homes was published by George E. Read in 1924.