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  1. Title: Bartlett's illustrated map of New York City,or, Stranger's guide showing the public buildings, places of amusement and its' various architectural features

    • Image data
    • 1870
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    Summary: Shows streets and landmarks in Manhattan south of 61st Street. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870 by G.H. Bartlett in the office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington." Originally issued in covers, 21 x 10 cm.

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  2. Title: Buckelew Plan (Raster Image)

    • Not specified
    • 2018
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of the Buckelew Plan..This plan is an autographed manuscript map, drawn on cloth, of San Francisco, California, showing streets and numbered lots, some with names of owners indicated. A scanned version of this map was georeferenced as part of the Imagined San Francisco project. This project traces the history of urban planning in San Francisco, placing special emphasis on unrealized schemes. Rather than using visual material simply to illustrate outcomes, Imagined San Francisco uses historical plans, maps, architectural renderings, and photographs to show what might have been. By enabling users to layer a series of urban plans, the project presents the city not only as a sequence of material changes, but also as a contingent process and a battleground for political power. Savvy institutional actors--like banks, developers, and many public officials--understood that in some cases to clearly articulate their interests would be to invite challenges. That means that textual sources like newspapers and municipal reports are limited in what they can tell researchers about the shape of political power. Urban plans, however, often speak volumes about interests and dynamics upon which textual sources remain silent. Mortgage lenders, for example, apparently thought it unwise to state that they wished to see a poor neighborhood cleared, to be replaced with a freeway onramp. Yet visual analysis of planning proposals makes that interest plain. So in the process of showing how the city might have looked, Imagined San Francisco also shows how political power actually was negotiated and exercised. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  3. Title: Street Map, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, 1993 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2014
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Hopkinton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, Robert H. Bartlett, Highway Supervisor ; revised by Fay, Spofford, & Thorndike. It was published by Fay, Spofford, & Thorndike in 1993. Scale [ca. 1:12,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. 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.

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  4. Title: Geologic map of the El Monte and Baldwin Park quadrangles, Los Angeles County, California

    • Not specified
    • 1999
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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.; edited by Helmut E. Ehrenspeck; geologic cross sections researched and prepared by Wendy Lou Bartlett. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Prepared in cooperation with the California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology; and the U.S. Geological Survey." "Ted L. Baer Honorary Map." "First printing, May 1999". Includes 3 col. cross-sections, and location map. Duplicate legend, 3 cross sections, index to sources of geology, acknowledgements, map dedication, table of well information, and age correlation chart on verso. Bibliography on verso.

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  5. Title: Geologic map of the Palos Verdes peninsula and vicinity, Redondo Beach, Torrance and San Pedro quadrangles, Los Angeles County, California

    • Not specified
    • 1999
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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.; edited by Helmut E. Ehrenspeck with Perry L. Ehlig and Wendy Lou Bartlett. Relief shown by contours and spot heights; depths shown by isolines. "Prepared in cooperation with the California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology; and the U.S. Geological Survey." "Martin L. Stout and Thomas L. Wright honorary map." Also shows oil wells. "First printing, May 1999". Includes 4 partial col. cross-sections, and location map. Five "complete" cross sections, index to sources of geology, acknowledgements and map dedication on verso. Bibliography on verso.

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  6. Title: Geologic map of the Sleepy Valley and Ritter Ridge quadrangles, Los Angeles County, California

    • Not specified
    • 1997
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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.; edited by Helmut E. Ehrenspeck. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Prepared in cooperation with the California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology; and the U.S. Geological Survey." "Perry L. Ehlig Honorary Map." "First printing, May 1997". Includes 2 col. cross-sections, and location map. On verso: "Geologic cross-sections for the Sleepy Valley and Ritter Ridge quadrangles, Los Angeles County, California, by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.; prepared and edited by Wendy L. Bartlett; prepared in cooperation with the California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology; U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest; and the U.S. Geological Survey." Complete legend, 4 cross sections, index to sources of geology, acknowledgements and map dedication on verso. Bibliography on verso.

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  7. Title: Bar Harbor, Maine, 1896 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, compiled by Edward B. Mears for Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jaques ; topography by Edgar I. Lord. It was published in 1896 by Geo. W. Stadly and Co. Scale [ca. 1:6,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM Zone 19N, meters, NAD 83). 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, or other information associated with the principal map. Partial cadastral map showing property boundaries, buildings, names of property owners, roads, drainage, and radial distances from waterfront. Relief shown by contours. Includes references to points of interest and hotels. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  8. Title: Mount Desert Island, Maine 1896 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine, compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jaques. It was published in 1896 by Geo. W. Stadley & Co. Scale 1:40,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM Zone 19N, meters, NAD 83). 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, villages, landforms, and more. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. 'Topography and hydrography adapted from the map of Mount Desert Island issued by tte United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, June 1882; Nomenclature, revised and corrected, adapted from the map dated June, 1893, compiled for the flora of Mount Desert Island.' This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  9. Title: Amu Darya and Aral Sea diagrams

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    • 1875
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    Summary: Title given by cataloger. Depth shown by soundings and bathymetric sections. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. Scale of diagrams 2-3, 7-8, 10, 12-20 ca. 1:5,690; vertical scale ca. 1:285. Horizontal and vertical scales of diagram 5 ca. 1:1,440. Scale of diagram 9 ca. 1:15,360. Scale of diagram 21 ca. 1:4,528,000. Scale of map ca. 1:2,821,000 at 43° N. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 45 (1875), pp. 367-413; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687.

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  10. Title: Khanate of Khiva after Russian sources, by Major Herbert Wood, R.E.

    • Image data
    • 1875
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    Summary: Lower Amu Darya and delta, southern Aral Sea, dry lake and river beds, and areas inundated during floods are shown. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Figures in decimal feet denote heights above Aral. Towns and built areas in Amu Darya Valley are shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 45 (1875), pp. 367-413; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687

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  11. Title: St. Louis, Missouri, 1903 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic topographic paper map entitled: City of Saint Louis, U.S. Geological Survey ; H.M. Wilson, geographer ; Chas. E. Cooke, topographer in charge ; topography by the City of St. Louis and Chas. E. Cooke ; Mississippi River by U.S. Army Engineers ; control by City of St. Louis. It was published by the Geological Survey in 1904. Surveyed 1903. Scale 1:24,000. Covers Saint Louis, Missouri and portions of East Saint Louis and Stites, Illinois. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Missouri East State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 2401). 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 is a typical topographic map portraying both natural and manmade features. It shows and names works of nature, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, vegetation, etc. It also identify the principal works of humans, such as roads, railroads, boundaries, transmission lines, major buildings, etc. Relief is shown with standard contour intervals of 20 feet. 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.

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  12. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and vicinity, 1896 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Philadelphia and vicinity : Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It was published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1896. Scale 1:62,500. Covers Philadelphia and portions of surrounding counties. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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. USGS maps are typical topographic maps portraying both natural and manmade features. They show and name works of nature, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, vegetation, etc. They also identify the principal works of humans, such as roads, railroads, boundaries, transmission lines, major buildings, etc. Relief is shown with standard contour intervals of 20 feet. 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.

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  13. Title: New York, N.Y. and vicinity, 1899 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New York City and vicinity, H.M. Wilson, geographer in charge ; triangulation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ; topography by S.H. Bodfish ... [et al. and] U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, N.Y. City Government and the Geological Survey of New Jersey. It was published by U.S.G.S. in 1899. Scale 1:62,500. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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, cities and towns, villages, forts, cemeteries, aqueducts, boundaries, and more. Relief is shown with standard contour intervals of 20 feet. 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.

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  14. Title: Missouri-Illinois, Saint Louis quadrangle

    • Not specified
    • 1912
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    Summary: (W 90⁰30ʹ--W 90⁰00ʹ/N 38⁰45ʹ--N 38⁰30ʹ). Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval 20 feet. Datum is mean sea level. "Surveyed in 1903." 51 x 84 centimeters

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  15. Title: Missouri-Illinois, Saint Louis special map

    • Not specified
    • 1904
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    Summary: (W 90⁰25ʹ--W 90⁰05ʹ/N 38⁰44ʹ--N 38⁰31ʹ). Relief shwon by contours and spot heights. Text and ill. on verso. 39 x 47 centimeters

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  16. Title: Massachusetts, Boston and vicinity ; topography

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    • 1900
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    Summary: Relief shown by 20 feet contour interval. "Triangulation by Massachusetts Topographic Survey Committe and U.S.C and G.S. Shore line topography by US.Coast and Geodetic Survey. Topography by Frank Sutton, J.H. Wheat, A.C. Roberts, J.H.Jennings, J.W.Thompson, Robert Muldrow, E.B. Clark, A.H.Burnstead,T.G.Basinger, and C.L. Hoopes, and from various city, town, and park surveys." "Surveyed in 1898-1900."

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  17. Title: New York City and vicinity; H.M. Wilson, geographer in charge; triangulation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; topography by S.H. Bodfish ... [et al. and] U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, N.Y. City Government and the Geological Survey of New Jersey.

    • Not specified
    • 1899
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    Summary: Shows streets and railroads. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. 1 map: col.; 111 x 81 cm

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  18. Title: Washington and vicinity, Maryland-District of Columbia-Virginia H.M. Wilson, geographer in charge; topography by J.D. Hoffman ... [et al.] and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

    • Not specified
    • 1898
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    Summary: Relief shown by contours. Contour interval 20 ft. "Surveyed in 1885-86 and 95-97." Text, "Description of the topographic map of the United States," on verso. 1 map: col.; 46 x 69 cm

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  19. Title: General map showing the countries explored & surveyed by the United States & Mexican Boundary Commission in the years 1850, 51, 52 & 53

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    • 1853
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich and Washington. Includes historic notes.

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  20. Title: Milton, Massachusetts, ca. 1966 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Milton, Massachusetts, Milton Planning Board ; A. Herbert Bruce, town engineer. It was published by the Board ca. 1966. Scale [ca. 1:14,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, town boundaries, selected buildings, parks, cemeteries, and more. Includes index.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.

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