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Hidden San Francisco History in UCLA stacks

By HEATHER BRISTON on Wed, 2012-08-01 08:34

While browsing the stacks at UCLA's Young Research Library, looking for materials for a personal research project, I discovered an interesting title from 1862: Gillespie, W. M. A manual of the principles and practice of road-making; comprising the location, construction, and improvement of roads (common, macadam, paved, plank, etc.) and rail-roads. New York: A.S.

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