1948 Map of Palo Alto
USGS Topo · Published 1956About this map
Stanford University and the expanding residential corridors of Palo Alto anchor this mid-century survey of the San Francisco Peninsula. The landscape reflects a postwar era of rapid transition, where established estates in Atherton and Menlo Park neighbor newer suburban footprints along the Southern Pacific railroad and El Camino Real. To the north, the salt industry is visible through vast Salt Evaporators lining the San Francisco Bay shoreline near Ravenswood Slough.
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This is the sole edition of this map. No revisions or reprints were ever made.
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