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  1. Title: St. Paul, Minn.

    • Not specified
    • 1874
    Contributors:

    Summary: Title from lower margin.; "Entered according to act of Congress, year 1874, by G.H. Ellsbury and Vernon Green, with the Librarian of Congress"--Lower left margin.; Bird's-eye view.; Includes key to points of interest in lower margin. 39 x 75 centimeters, on sheet 44 x 79 centimeters

  2. Title: Map of western Washington, showing classification of lands; by John W. Rankine and Geo. H. Plummer, 1898.

    • Not specified
    • 1898
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows cut areas, timbered and timberless areas, burned areas, and Northern Pacific land grant boundaries. Plate III from the "Nineteenth annual report" of the U.S. Geological Survey, Part 5, Forest reserves (1898). Public land grid. "Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y." 1 map: col.; 107 x 70 cm

  3. Title: Rhode Island, 1898 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Rhode Island. It was published in 1898 by Geo. H. Walker & Co. Scale [ca. 1:112,000]. Covers Rhode Island and portions of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rhode Island State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 3800). 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, railroads, bicycle routes (shown in red), drainage, county and town boundaries, and more. Includes inset: [Block 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.

  4. Title: Newport, Rhode Island, ca. 1892 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Newport, R.I., surveyed by N.W. Eayrs, c.e. ; under the direction of J.P. Cotton, c.e. ; J. Bergner, del. It was published ca. 1892 by Simon Hart. Scale [ca. 1:13,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rhode Island State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 3800). 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, railroads, drainage, city ward boundaries, selected property boundaries, buildings, and names of property owners, and more. Includes inset: Road map of island of Rhode Island and Conanicut Island, surveyed by C.E. Hammett, Jr. Scale [ca. 1:85,000]. Also includes index to points of interest (churches, schools, hotels, libraries, mills, etc.), tables of elevation and distances, and shows radial distances. 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.

  5. Title: New Haven, Connecticut, 1893 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: City of New Haven, Connecticut, [by] A.B. Hill, civil engineer. It was published by Geo. H. Walker & Co., 1893. Scale [1:12,000]. Covers also portions of West Haven, Hamden, North Haven, and East Haven. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 0600). 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, railroads, drainage, selected public and industrial buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, parks, city ward boundaries, and more. Includes inset: [Yale campus]. Scale [1:2,400]. 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.

  6. Title: Birds eye view of trolley routes in New England, 1904 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Trolley wayfinder, birds eye view of trolley routes in New England, published by the New England Street Railway Club, 1904. This is a perspective map not drawn to scale. Covers eastern portion of New England from Lewiston, Maine, to Newport, Rhode Island. 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 features such as steam railroads, electric railroads, parks, buildings, drainage, and more. Relief and some features are shown pictorially. Includes 7 insets. 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.

  7. Title: Map of New Hampshire : southern part

    • Not specified
    • 1908
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; "Copyright 1908 by Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston."; "Best Routes shown in Red." 56 x 85 centimeters

  8. Title: Central New Hampshire

    • Not specified
    • 1905
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by contours and spot heights.; Includes "Elevations above sea level" for selected lakes, towns, and hotels.; "Automobile & Bicycle Routes shown in red." 54 x 64 Centimeters

  9. Title: Northern New Hampshire

    • Not specified
    • 1905
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; "Best Routes shown in red." on sheet 52 x 36 centimeters

  10. Title: New map of Boston : giving all points of interest, with every railway & steamboat terminus, prominent hotels, theatres & public buildings. Map of Boston and suburbs : showing parks and automobile routes

    • Not specified
    • 1904
    Contributors:

    Summary: New map of Boston: "Copyright 1894, 1897, 1902, 1904 by Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston. Copyright 1883 by Tilly Haynes, Boston."; Map of Boston and suburbs: "Copyright 1904 by Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston. Part of road maps of the Boston district, copyright 1884, 1897 & 1902 by Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston." 35 x 34 centimeters and 34 x 34 centimeters

  11. Title: The South Shore and Norfolk County, Mass

    • Not specified
    • 1903
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes insets of North Vancouver Island; Puget Sound; and distance tables.; Text, ill., and geographic statistics on verso.; "Map 1K." 46 x 72 centimeters

  12. Title: Map showing free public libraries : [in Connecticut].

    • Thematic maps
    • 1900
    Contributors:

    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 28 x 38 cm Libraries--Connecticut--Maps

  13. Title: Massachusetts : atlas plate no. 17

    • Not specified
    • 1900
    Contributors:

    Summary: Copyright 1891 & 1900, Geo. H. Walker & Co. Boston, Mass.; In upper corners: 162, 163.; Relief shown by contours and spot heights.; Shows northern Worcester county. 45 x 65 centimeters

  14. Title: Map of Boston

    • Not specified
    • 1899
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows public buildings, theatres, parks, and streetcar stations.; Oriented with north toward the upper right.; Includes advertisements.; On verso: advertisements. 32 x 42 centimeters

  15. Title: Map of Worcester district

    • Not specified
    • 1897
    Contributors:

    Summary: Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.; Includes illustrated border.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by Ensign's and Thayer ..."; Includes county divisions for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, and parts of Wisconsin and Iowa.; "Drawn and engraved by J.M. Atwood, N. York." 71 x 89 centimeters

  16. Title: Map showing locations of free public high schools : [in Connecticut].

    • Thematic maps
    • 1896
    Contributors:

    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 28 x 39 cm High schools--Connecticut--Maps

  17. Title: Map showing free public libraries : [in Connecticut].

    • Thematic maps
    • 1896
    Contributors:

    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 31 x 41 cm Public libraries--Connecticut--Maps

  18. Title: Map of Connecticut : toll lines & public telephones of the Southern New England Telephone Co.

    • Thematic maps
    • 1894
    Contributors:

    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 33 x 46 cm Telephone lines--Connecticut--Maps

  19. Title: Map of Connecticut.

    • Line data
    • 1893
    Contributors:

    Summary: Scale approximately 118,500; 1 map: color; 103 x 72 cm Connecticut--Maps

  20. Title: Map of the coast of Maine (western part)

    • Not specified
    • 1893
    Contributors:

    Summary: Oriented with north to the upper right.; Cycling routes shown in red.; Cities/towns and counties are labeled. 51 x 77 Centimeters, on sheet 57 x 81 Centimeters

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