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  1. Title: The General Plan (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a plan for Fisherman's Wharf comprising the Fisherman's Wharf-Aquatic Park area. This drawing was originally prepared for the San Francisco Port Authority by John S. Bolles and Ernest Born. (1961). 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. Bolles, J. and Born, E. (2018). The General Plan (Raster Image). Stanford University. Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/rs107gm7618 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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  2. Title: Nuremberg Region, Germany, 1909 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan von Nurnberg 1909, Bearbeitet im stadtischen Bauamt. It was published by Verlag des Stadtmagistrats Nurnberg in 1909. Scale 1:12,500. Covers Nuremberg and vicinity, Germany. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 4 coordinate system. 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 and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, ground cover, and more. Includes index. 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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  3. Title: Basin District, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1933 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Cincinnati basin district : proposed redevelopment plan, City Planning Commission; Ernest Clarke architect. It was published by the City Planning Commission in 1933. Scale 1:200. Covers area bounded by Colerain Ave. to Vine St., Central Ave. to W 5th St. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Ohio South State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 3402). 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, existing and proposed buildings (schools, churches, dwellings, businesses, and industrial areas), parks, ground cover, and more. 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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  4. Title: Map of properties belonging to J. & W.B. Vandeventer at Princeton

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    Summary: "Alterations in parenthesis and a large part of the dotted lines made I 1901." Reproduction of ms. map, showing area between Nassau, Witherspoon, Wiggins, and Vandeventer streets, Princeton, N.J. in 1892; revised 1901.

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  5. Title: Map of the Morven property, Princeton, N.J., 1900

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    Summary: "The division of the part of the property north of Hodge Avenue into lots was made in the spring 1849--E. Sandoz." Reproduction of ms. map, showing area between Library Place, Hodge Avenue, Bayard Avenue, Morven Place, and Stockton Street, Princeton, N.J. in 1890; revised 1900.

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  6. Title: Map of the Morven property, Princeton, N.J., 1890

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    Summary: "Contents. Morven property Dec. 1890. Acres 212.89. Parcels of land sold at different periods ... 8.74 acres." Reproduction of ms. map, showing area between Library Place, Hodge Avenue, Bayard Avenue, Morven Place, and Stockton Street, Princeton, N.J. in 1890.

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  7. Title: Physical map of the Crimea, with enlarged maps of the seat of war, and views of Sebastopol & Balaklava, from the best authorities

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes views of "Sebastopol from the middle of Sebastopol Bay," "Town & harbor of Balaklava from the north," and "South coast, from Cape Feolente," and 2 coastal profiles. "This map is highly approved by professors Guyot & Agassiz of Cambridge, in their letters."

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  8. Title: Quaternary geology of Ohio, Columbus quadrangle

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    Summary: Includes legend, text, location maps and primary data source maps. compiled by Richard P. Goldthwait and Robert G. Van Horn. Scale 1:250,000 Depths shown by bathymetric isolines.

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  9. Title: Map of the Pleistocene deposits of northwestern Iowa, 1917

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    Summary: 1 map

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  10. Title: Indiana in 1836

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    Summary: Negative photostat. Shows roads, railroads, canals, counties and cities. Scale not given. E.V. Shockley.

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  11. Title: Map of Elizabeth Town, N.J. at the time of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 Showing that part of the free borough and town of Elizabeth, which is now the site of the city of Elizabeth

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    Summary: Cadastral map showing land ownership. Shows "The fortifications and positions of the British forces from June 8th to June 23d, 1780 ..." Includes index to "Names of owners referred to by number" and "References and historical notes."

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  12. Title: Map of Boston and the country adjacent : showing rural parks

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    Summary: Shows railroads, roads, buildings, and radial distances from State House.; Relief shown by hachures. 44 x 64 centimeters Scale approximately 1:63,360 City Maps

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  13. Title: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1833 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper manuscript map entitled: Plan of the village in old Cambridge, by Alex. Wadsworth, Boston, Jan. 1833. Scale [ca. 1:1,200]. Manuscript: Pen-and-ink and watercolor on paper. Covers areas surrounding Harvard Square and Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows roads, properties, landowner names, and building footprints. Property owned by Harvard University is outlined in red. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts 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 (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

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  14. Title: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, 1831 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of Mount Auburn, by Alexr. Wadsworth. It was published by Pendleton's Lithography in Nov. 1831. Scale [ca. 1:1,490]. This plan of Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts) shows proposed paths, avenues, numbered plots, and diminished size of the ponds. Relief is shown by shading. 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts 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 (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

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  15. Title: Lugo

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    Summary: Title in upper margin: Atlas de España y sus posesiones de ultramar; diccionario geográfico, estadístico, histórico. "Longitud occidental del meridiano de Madrid." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes text, statistical data, and 8 insets.

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  16. Title: Santander

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    Summary: Alternate title: Diccionario geográfico, estadístico, histo?rico.; Hand colored.; "Longitud del meridiano de Madrid."; Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Includes text, statistical data, and 8 insets. 73 x 101 centimeters Scale 1:200,000 General Map Collection

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  17. Title: Geological map of the United States and the British provinces of North America

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    Summary: Mounted on muslin.; Also issued with text of 92 pages under title: A geological map of the United States and the British provinces of North America with explanatory text, geological sections and plates of the fossils which characterize the formations. 58 x 84 centimeters Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 General Map Collection

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  18. Title: United States, Pictorial Map, 1941 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: America the wonderland : a pictorial map of the United States, designed and drawn by Ernest Dudley Chase. It was published by E.D. Chase in 1941. Scale [ca. 1:6,400,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 is a pictorial map showings features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, points of interest and landmarks shown pictorially, territorial and state boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes illustrations.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of North America 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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  19. Title: Mercator map of the world united : a pictorial history of transport and communications and paths to permanent peace

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 39 x 92 cm World maps

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  20. Title: World wonders : a pictorial map

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map; 42 x 60 cm, on sheet 52 x 68 cm World maps

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