1923 Auto Club of Southern California Map of Los Angeles Speed Limits

This is a c. 1923 Automobile Club of Southern California map of Los Angeles speed limits. Areas of green and orange shading highlight parts of Los Angeles where the speed limit is fifteen (green) or twenty (orange) miles per hour. More detail appears in the fifteen mile per hour zones than in the twenty mile per hour zones, with cross streets marked in each of the fifteen mile per hour zones, some of which are relatively small. Major streets within Los Angeles are illustrated and labeled, but very little else appears. The only building labeled is the Automobile Club of Southern California building.

Verso Content

An enumerated list of seventeen 'reminders for drivers' occupies a third of the verso, with illustrations of proper hand signaling appearing below the list. Information about the Auto Club of Southern California is included in the center portion of the sheet, such as information about dues and services provided by the club.

Publication History and Census

This map was created and published by the Automobile Club of Southern California c. 1923. We have inferred the publication date from statistical information printed on the verso. We note six examples cataloged in OCLC which are part of the collections at Michigan State, the Los Angeles Public Library, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of California San Diego, and the University of California Berkeley.