{"product_id":"old-map-of-beverly-hills-california-by-usgs-1934-santa-monica-sawtelle-westwood","title":"Old Map of Beverly Hills, California by USGS, 1934 – Santa Monica, Sawtelle \u0026 Westwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eDated 1934, the US Geological Survey’s “Sawtelle” presents a finely observed 1:24,000 topographical portrait of western Los Angeles County at a pivotal moment in its transformation. Centered on Sawtelle and extending across Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Westwood, Brentwood, Bel Air, and the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, the map captures a landscape balanced between coastal resort, suburban expansion, oil-age infrastructure, and emerging metropolitan glamour. Its original title is deceptively modest: “Sawtelle” names what was then a distinct community, yet the sheet encompasses places that would become synonymous with twentieth-century Southern California. With contour lines, street grids, rail corridors, boulevards, parks, and landmark structures carefully rendered, the map offers both geographic precision and a revealing snapshot of Los Angeles before postwar growth remade the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey, this map belongs to a distinguished cartographic tradition dedicated to accuracy, clarity, and practical public knowledge. USGS topographical maps were designed for engineers, planners, surveyors, land managers, and travelers, but their disciplined visual language now gives them a quiet elegance. Here, contouring is central: the flat, gridded urban floor of Santa Monica and Beverly Hills gives way to the broken relief of Brentwood, Bel Air, and the Santa Monica Mountains. The map’s restrained symbology allows the viewer to read elevation, drainage, roads, railways, and settlement patterns without ornament, producing a remarkably legible account of place. Its beauty lies in function—the crisp geometry of streets set against the organic rise of canyons and foothills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe urban geography is especially compelling. Beverly Hills appears as an ordered composition of streets and estates, already suggesting the planned refinement that would define its reputation. Santa Monica, aligned with the Pacific Ocean, reflects its dual identity as seaside city and transportation-linked suburb. Sawtelle and Westwood reveal another chapter: the growth of western Los Angeles around rail access, boulevards, institutions, and new residential districts. Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard traverse the map as major organizing lines, while Route 66 evokes the national mythology of westward movement and automobile travel. The Southern Pacific Railway further anchors the sheet in an older infrastructure of freight, commuting, and development, showing how rail and road together shaped the modern city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the built grid, the map records a terrain still visibly resistant to complete urbanization. The eastern Santa Monica Mountains rise above the coastal plain in carefully spaced contour lines, defining ridges, slopes, canyons, and the upland edge of Bel Air and Brentwood. These topographical details illuminate why certain neighborhoods developed along winding roads and elevated parcels, while others spread in rectilinear patterns across gentler ground. Parks and large structures, marked and named, punctuate the urban fabric, suggesting civic ambition and the growing importance of recreational space in Southern California planning. The Pacific Ocean forms the western boundary with elemental simplicity, reminding the viewer that climate, coastline, and scenery were central forces in the area’s appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical document, “Sawtelle” is particularly resonant because it predates many layers of later Los Angeles expansion. In 1934, Beverly Hills was already famous, Santa Monica was established, and Westwood was ascending, yet the density, freeways, and intensified land use of the postwar metropolis had not fully arrived. The map makes it possible to compare an earlier urban order with the contemporary city: routes that became iconic, neighborhoods that grew more exclusive, open slopes that filled with homes, and corridors that absorbed immense traffic and commerce. It captures Southern California at the intersection of aspiration and geography, when citrus-era suburbs, Hollywood wealth, coastal leisure, and modern planning were converging into one of America’s most recognizable urban landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeverly Hills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanta Monica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSawtelle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWestwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrentwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBel Air\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEastern Santa Monica Mountains\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilshire Boulevard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanta Monica Boulevard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoute 66\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouthern Pacific Railway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLos Angeles County\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePacific Ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious large structures and parks, depicted with dots and named\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey, known for accurate and detailed topographical mapping.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated 1934.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map showing Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and the surrounding area.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses a basic, functional USGS design emphasizing topographical contouring and land use patterns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisplays detailed contour lines indicating elevation changes and local terrain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows the street grid and urban planning of Beverly Hills and nearby communities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes identifiable streets, landmarks, railways, parks, and large structures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServes as a historical reference for comparing the area before later urban development in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and western Los Angeles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/es\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). 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Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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