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  1. Title: Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1900 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: For sale : Lawnton and Oak Lane building lots : twenty-second ward : estate of E. M. Davis, deceased. It was published by J.T. Jackson & Co. ca. 1900. Scale [ca. 1:528,000]. Covers the Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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. Cadastral map showing buildings, property boundaries and dimensions, names of landowners, streets names, railroad line and station stops, and more. Relief is shown by countours and spot heights. Includes sales and advertisement notice. 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.

  2. Title: View of Fort Wayne Ind.

    • Aerial views ; Pictorial maps
    • 1981
    Contributors:

    Summary: Bird's eye view. Facsimile. Left and right sides of original cut off creating the following texts: "lished by J.T. Palmatary" and "Drawn on stone & printed in oil colors by Middleton, Wallace & 115 wa." Imprint: [Fort Wayne, Ind.?] : Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, 1981. Scale: Scale not given.; Dimensions: 51 x 84 cm, on sheet 59 x 89 cm Coordinates: W0851811 W0845955 N0411159 N0405755

  3. Title: Robinson's standard map of South Africa

    • Not specified
    • 1904
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Title in English and Russian. Text, legend, and place-names in English. Statement in upper margin in English and 2 languages in Arabic alphabet.; "Entered at Stationers Hall, London, Saturday 20th May, 1854."; "Corr. to 1855 from general Schubert's official map."; Originally printed on 10 sheets.; Includes text, notes, population table, and hand col. inset of geology of Crimea and adjacent regions. 164 x 220 centimeters, sheets 88 x 115 centimeters

  4. Title: Historical map of Palestine or the Holy Land

    • Not specified
    • 1828
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief show by hachures.; "Now greatly improved ... by Joseph W. Ingraham."; "Printed by L. Stevens."; Representation of events shown pictorially and with Biblical citations.; Map within decorative border. 90 x 57 centimeters, on sheet 114 x 75 centimeters

  5. Title: Simple Bouguer gravity map of Minnesota, Brainerd sheet, M-40

    • Not specified
    • 1978
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    Summary: Bouguer gravity anomaly map (anomaly related to different densities of rocks in the upper crust, Bouguer anomaly is a corrected difference between an observed gravity measurement and value predicted from a generalized earth model), shown as contour lines (isolines) of equal value, Brainerd quadrangle, scale 1:250,000.

  6. Title: Map showing oil, gas, and gas storage fields in Indiana

    • Thematic maps
    • 1998
    Contributors:

    Summary: "Compilation complete to December 1998." "Base map digitized from 1978 U.S. Geological Survey map of Indiana. Scale 1:500,000." Imprint: Bloomington : Indiana Geological Survey, 1998. Scale: 1:550,000; 1:1:275,000; Dimensions: 83 x 150 cm W0880000 W0860000 N0395000 N0380000; Coordinates: W0880700 W0844500 N0414500 N0375200

  7. Title: View of Indianapolis

    • Aerial views ; Pictorial maps
    • 1998
    Contributors:

    Summary: Panorama. Shows "view of Indianapolis from the top of the Asylum for the Blind." "Though credited...as being 'drawn from nature' by E. Sachse, there is evidence that this view was actually done by James T. Palmatary, who is designated only as publisher"--Map verso. Includes drawings of prominent buildings and views of building facades along "Washington Street North East" and "Washington Street South East" surrounding the view. Imprint: Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, [1998] Dimensions: 30 x 65 cm, on sheet 58 x 92 cm; Scale: Not drawn to scale. Coordinates: W0861941 W0855614 N0395538 N0393755

  8. Title: Rhode Island, Geology, 1840 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A geological map of Rhode-Island, by Charles T. Jackson. It was published in 1840. Scale [1:190,080]. Covers Rhode Island and a portion of southeastern Massachusetts. 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 geological features, mines, mills, railroads, hotels, selected residences with names of property owners, drainage, town and county boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. 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.

  9. Title: Geological map of Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior.

    • Geological maps
    • 1847
    Contributors:

    Summary: 1 map: col.; 34 x 56 cm.

  10. Title: Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y., 1792 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of New York, Tiebout, sculpt. It was published by T. & J. Swords for the New-York directory, and register, for the year 1792. Scale [ca. 1:12,500]. Covers lower Manhattan and portions of Brooklyn. 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, drainage, city wards, selected public buildings, selected private buildings with names of property owners, ferry lines, wharves, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes index to points of interest. 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.

  11. Title: Brookline, Massachusetts, 1855 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the town of Brookline, Mass. It was surveyed by T. & J. Doane and published by L.H. Bradford & Co. in 1855. Scale [1:9,600]. 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 roads, railroads, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures. It includes tables of population and public street lengths. 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.

  12. Title: Plan of Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, 1859 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Part of a plan presented to the Commissioners for the improvement of the Back Bay, [by] T. & J. Doane's Office, published in 1859. Scale [1:2,400]. It shows a plan for a 36 acre lake and surrounding area, Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts. This is an updated version of the 1854 ed. 'Amended for the use of the City: Boston, Janr. 5th, 1859.' 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 roads (with street and alley dimensions), drainage, property lots with dimensions, land ownership boundaries with names of landowners, parks, and more. 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.

  13. Title: Map of the grounds of Lafayette College : Pardee Hall

    • Not specified
    • 1876
    Contributors:

    Summary: Bird's-eye-view.; Relief shown by hachures.; "Class of '76, South College." 52 x 68 centimeters

  14. Title: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1906 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The Picayune's map of New Orleans, Alf. F. Theard, del. It was published by The [Daily] Picayune in 1906. Scale not given. Covers also adjacent portions of Jefferson and St. Bernard Parishes. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Louisiana State Plane Coordinate System, South NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 1702). 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, canals, levees, drainage, selected public and industrial buildings, cemeteries, Parish boundaries, ferry routes, and more. Includes legend to points of interest. 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.

  15. Title: Soil map, Washington County, Indiana

    • Thematic maps
    • 1932
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. "Field Operations, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils." "Litho Eastern Offset Inc., Balto." Imprint: [Washington, D.C.?] : The Bureau of Soils, [1932] Scale: 1:63,360; Dimensions: 63 x 64 cm Coordinates: W0861900 W0855100 N0384700 N0382500

  16. Title: Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1865 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nieuwe platte grond der stad Rotterdam, uitgave van H. Nijgh. It was published by J. Smulders & Co. Lith des Konings's Hague in 1865. Scale [ca. 1:3,375]. Covers Rotterdam, Netherlands. Map in Dutch. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'RD_New (Rijksdriehoekstelsel), GCS Amersfoort' 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, parks, docks, wharves, canals, and more. Includes ill. and 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.

  17. Title: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, Postal Statistics Map, 1876 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The 'centennial' postal statistical map of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut : showing railroads, post routes and offices together with population and valuation of cities and towns. It compiled and published by M.G. Cook and Frank O. Ellis in 1876. Scale [ca. 1:422,400]. Covers also portions of New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic projection (Meters). 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 railroads, post routes and offices together with population and valuation of cities and towns, distances between post offices, drainage, state, county, and town boundaries, and more. Includes table of population and valuation by county and cities of Boston and vicinity, and table of 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 purposes.

  18. Title: Pigot & Co.s new map of the environs of London extending 14 miles round St. Pauls in every direction; published by J. Pigot & Co.

    • Not specified
    • 1839
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes view of the Thames River below map. 1 map; 40 cm diam., on sheet 50 x 44 cm

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