Description

Scale : ca. 1:24000. Title from item. Lithographic map of Oakland and Alameda, showing block numbers, ownership of large parcels, railroads, charter line and proposed areas for reclamation; inset map at upper right corner of San Francisco Bay, showing proposed reclamation. Oriented with north toward upper left. Lithography by "G. T. Brown and Co., 540 Clay St., San Francisco". On bottom: "Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1877, by M. G. King, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.". Based on surveys made by M. G. King, C. E. In upper right corner : 175. The carto-lithographer, Grafton T. Brown, was an early African-American settler in West Oakland.

Record Contributed By

Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Room and Maps Division

Record Harvested From

California Digital Library