Old Bird's-Eye Map of Los Angeles, 1910: LA Harbor; Pacific Electric; Santa Monica; Venice; Redondo romania Charles River (major river bordering

Charles River (major river bordering Boston and Cambridge)

Part of the “Hysterical” series (Yellowstone

These settlements are nestled among visual references to the state’s mountains

It highlights major bodies of water

Guillemins

Old Bird's-Eye Map of Los Angeles, 1910: LA Harbor; Pacific Electric; Santa Monica; Venice; Redondo romania Charles River (major river borderingTitled simply Los Angeles, this 1910 pictorial birds eye view captures the young metropolis at the precise moment its destiny bent toward the sea. The composition draws the eye from the bustle of Los Angeles Harbor in the foreground up through a widening basin to Downtown, stitched together by the unmistakable sweep of the Pacific Electric Railway. With stylized clarity, the artist arranges shoreline, hills, and townsites into a legible urban drama: