The occupant of the 90-year-old cottage had died in February. Matthew Greenberg's job was to empty the home so it could be demolished and its 18,000-square-foot lot divided into two parcels. His clients had told him to rent a Dumpster and throw away whatever he found inside.
But Greenberg couldn't bring himself to do that, especially after he read a recent Los Angeles Times article about the Central Library's map collection. The small cottage contained roughly one million maps. Instead, he invited the Central Library's map librarian, Glen Creason, to Mount Washington to look at the trove.
Creason called the find unbelievable. "I think there are at least a million maps here," he said. "This dwarfs our collection — and we've been collecting for 100 years."
But Greenberg couldn't bring himself to do that, especially after he read a recent Los Angeles Times article about the Central Library's map collection. The small cottage contained roughly one million maps. Instead, he invited the Central Library's map librarian, Glen Creason, to Mount Washington to look at the trove.
Creason called the find unbelievable. "I think there are at least a million maps here," he said. "This dwarfs our collection — and we've been collecting for 100 years."
You can read more about this treasure find at http://goo.gl/eZjZb.
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