{"product_id":"old-map-of-san-pedro-california-by-usgs-1964-los-angeles-outer-harbor-pacific-ocean","title":"Old Map of San Pedro, California by USGS, 1964 – Los Angeles, Outer Harbor \u0026 Pacific Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1965 from 1964 cartographic work, the USGS map titled “San Pedro” presents one of Southern California’s most storied maritime districts at a revealing moment in its modern transformation. Drawn at the highly detailed 1:24,000 scale, it captures the coastal edge of Los Angeles where city, harbor, and ocean converge. San Pedro appears not as an abstract port name, but as a dense urban landscape of streets, neighborhoods, waterfront works, and rising ground above the Pacific. The map’s careful use of contour lines gives form to the hills and slopes that define the peninsula, while its urban tinting distinguishes the built environment from more open coastal terrain, creating a vivid portrait of land use in the mid-1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States Geological Survey brought to this sheet the institutional precision that made its topographic series indispensable to engineers, planners, scientists, and travelers. Founded in the late nineteenth century to systematically study and map the nation’s terrain, the USGS became the authoritative visual interpreter of American landscapes. In “San Pedro,” that tradition is especially compelling because the subject is both natural and intensely engineered. The mapmaker’s language is restrained but exacting: contours, shoreline, roads, harbor installations, and settlement patterns combine to create a document that is at once scientific and historically expressive. Its red urban shading, fine linework, and measured symbology reveal how federal cartography translated a complex metropolitan waterfront into a legible, elegant system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Pedro’s geography gives the map much of its drama. The city occupies a commanding position on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, overlooking the San Pedro Channel and the Pacific Ocean. Its terrain is neither flat nor incidental; the contours show a district shaped by coastal bluffs, ridges, and descending streets that fall toward the harbor and shoreline. This topographical character is essential to understanding the place, for San Pedro’s identity has always depended on its meeting of elevation and sea. The map records the physical setting that made it strategically valuable: a protective harbor, proximity to deep water, and commanding views across the channel toward the maritime approaches to Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe harbor landscape is one of the map’s most historically resonant features. Outer Harbor and the waterfront infrastructure speak to San Pedro’s long role as the maritime gateway of Los Angeles, a function that expanded dramatically through the twentieth century. Docks, basins, transport corridors, and industrial edges appear alongside residential streets, showing how closely everyday urban life was entwined with shipping, fishing, naval activity, and global trade. In the 1960s, this was a district poised between older waterfront patterns and the larger-scale port development that would follow. As a result, the map preserves a valuable snapshot of San Pedro before later expansions and transformations further reshaped the harbor and surrounding neighborhoods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViewed today, “San Pedro” is especially evocative as a record of changing land use along the Southern California coast. The red-shaded urban fabric reveals a densely settled community, while lighter areas, coastal margins, and parks indicate spaces not yet absorbed into the same intensity of development. Streets and neighborhoods are fixed in fine detail, inviting comparison with the contemporary city and its altered waterfront, transportation networks, and population patterns. The map’s beauty lies in this duality: it is a precise topographical instrument and a historical portrait of a maritime city in transition. For collectors of coastal California, Los Angeles history, or USGS cartography, it offers a richly layered view of place, terrain, and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSan Pedro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSan Pedro Channel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePacific Ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOuter Harbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious streets and neighborhoods within San Pedro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNearby parks and coastal features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap title: \u003cem\u003eSan Pedro\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by the US Geological Survey (USGS)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated in 1964 and published in 1965\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical topographical map at a scale of 1:24,000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows San Pedro, California, and surrounding areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights the densely populated region of San Pedro, including coastlines and urban infrastructure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses colors and contour lines to indicate topography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed shading marks urban and populated areas, contrasted against lighter colors for unpopulated regions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepicts elevation levels through contour lines, showing the landform characteristics of the San Pedro area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects an urban area before extensive later developments, helping illustrate changes in land use and population density over time\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=\"\/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). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. 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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