Title: Chicago, Illinois, and vicinity, 1916 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2008
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2008-03
- Coverage: 1916
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Rand McNally & Co.'s new street number guide map of Chicago, Rand McNally & Co. It was published by Rand McNally & Co. ca. 1916. Scale [ca. 1:37,500]. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the double-sided source map, representing the southern portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Illinois East State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 1201). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, railroad stations, team tracks, street car lines, elevated roads, drainage, parks, boulevards, city boundaries, and more. Includes index to railroads and explanation. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.
Subjects
- Transportation
- Illinois
- Chicago
- Alsip
- Bedford Park
- Blue Island
- Burbank
- Burnham
- Calumet City
- Calumet Park
- Cicero
- Crestwood
- Dixmoor
- Dolton
- Evergreen Park
- Forest View
- Harvey
- Hometown
- Markham
- Merrionette Park
- Midlothian
- Oak Forest
- Oak Lawn
- Phoenix
- Posen
- Riverdale
- Robbins
- South Holland
- Stickney
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Land use
- Landforms
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Bodies of water
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-87.768228, -87.507857, 41.834397, 41.592989)
- Geometry: BBOX (-87.768228, -87.507857, 41.834397, 41.592989)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Rand McNally and Company. Chicago, Illinois, and vicinity, 1916 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g4104-c6-1916-r3-verso
Format
GeoTIFF