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1953 Map of Mt. Wilson, 1964 Print
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1953 Map of Mt. Wilson

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The San Gabriel Mountains rise sharply above the expanding urban landscape of the San Gabriel Valley, where the postwar growth of Pasadena, Altadena, and Sierra Madre meets the National Forest Boundary. This era of the early 1950s captures the transition of the mountain front from a resort destination to a communications hub, with TV Transmitters and an Observatory crowning Mt Wilson while the footprints of the Great Lowe Canyon Railway era remain at Mt Lowe (Site) and Echo Mountain (Site). Below the peaks, the residential grid is punctuated by major institutions like the Calif Institute of Technology and the Huntington Art Gallery in San Marino. The map records an intricate network of hiking camps such as Idlehour Camp and Sturtevant Camp, alongside the early water management infrastructure of the Santa Anita Dam and Eaton Wash flood control systems.

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Map Details

Date Portrayed1953
Date Published1964
PublisherU.S. Geological Survey
Map TypeTopographic
Scale1:24000
Physical Dimensions21.9 x 27.1 inches

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SourceU.S. Geological Survey
CopyrightPublic Domain