Title: City Map, Chicago, Illinois, 1854 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
- H. Acheson (Firm)
- Reese & Kerfoot Real Estate & Stock Brokers.
Dates
- Issued: 2013-10
- Coverage: 1854
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Rees & Kerfoot's map of the city of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. It was published by H. Acheson in 1854. Scale [ca. 1:27,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Illinois East State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). 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, drainage, city and ward boundaries, and more. Includes also boundaries of individual sections, populations statistics and indexes. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.
Subjects
- Transportation
- Society
- Illinois
- Chicago
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-87.694789, -87.581928, 41.940237, 41.831472)
- Geometry: BBOX (-87.694789, -87.581928, 41.940237, 41.831472)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, H. Acheson (Firm), Reese & Kerfoot Real Estate & Stock Brokers. City Map, Chicago, Illinois, 1854 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g4104-c6-1854-r4
Format
GeoTIFF