14 February 05
Bay Area Historical Maps
The Earth Sciences and Map Library at UC Berkeley, in collaboration with the USGS, has had a project to scan old topographic maps of the San Francisco Bay Area and make them available online. The collection dates back to 1895, and covers many of the editions of both the 15 minute and 7.5 minute quadrangles.
At left is a map of where I grew up as it appeared in 1895.
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