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  1. Title: Southern Maryland, its waterways, harbors and railroads in operation and in progress

    • Not specified
    • 1891
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    Summary: A map of the waterways, harbors, and railroads in operation and in progress in Southern Maryland, 1891. The map was created for The Southern Maryland Development Company of Charles County, MD. 31 x 47.4 cm; 1 images; monochrome; Architecture

  2. Title: A Carto-Craft street map of Metropolitan Birmingham, Alabama

    • Image data
    • 1998
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows zip codes. On verso: street index, and Leeds inset map, same scale as main map -- Downtown Birmingham map with building location index.

  3. Title: Washington, D.C., 1855 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Colton's Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America. It was published by J.H. Colton in 1855. Scale [ca. 1:25,750]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, block numbers, city wards, built-up areas, selected government buildings, parks, and more. Includes views: Smithsonian Institution -- The Capitol -- Washington Monument. 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.

  4. Title: Ancient earthwork 1 mile N. E. from New Garden, Wayne County, Indiana

    • Pictorial maps
    • 1879
    Contributors:

    Summary: At head of title: Plate C. Shows streams, pits, and earthwork [Indiana Adena Square?] with measurements. Detached from: Eighth, ninth, and tenth annual reports of the Geological Survey of Indiana, made in the years 1876-77-78. Indianapolis : Indianapolis Journal Company, State printers, 1879. Page 220. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indianapolis Journal Company, State printers], [1879]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Geological Survey of Indiana], [1879] Dimensions: on sheet 14 x 21 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:6,000. 1 inch = 500 ft.

  5. Title: Ancient earthworks north from Cambridge City, Wayne County, Ind.

    • Pictorial maps
    • 1879
    Contributors:

    Summary: At head of title: Plate A. Relief shown by profile and spot heights. Includes pictorial map of west branch of Whitewater River and three figures showing height, depth, and profile of earthworks [Cambridge City Henge?]. Detached from: Eighth, ninth, and tenth annual reports of the Geological Survey of Indiana, made in the years 1876-77-78. Indianapolis : Indianapolis Journal Company, State printers, 1879. Page 222. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indianapolis Journal Company, State printers], [1879]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Geological Survey of Indiana], [1879] Dimensions: on sheet 22 x 13 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:2,400. 1 inch = 200 ft.

  6. Title: The Hague, Netherlands, 1891 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2014
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nieuwste plan van 's Gravenhage : met de verschillende hieuwe bouwplannen, John C. Bignell graveur. It was published by John C. Bignell in 1891. Scale 1:10,000. Covers The Hague, 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, railroads and stations, street-railroads, drainage, canals, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, parks, cemeteries, and more. Includes also index and advertisements in margins.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.

  7. Title: Rhode Island, 1887 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. It was compiled and published by J.C. Thompson in 1887. Scale 1:95,000. Source map and image missing bottom panels, including part of title; description based partly on published bibliography. 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, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), selected private residences, town and county boundaries and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes population statistics from the census of 1875 and 1885. 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.

  8. Title: Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Montana-North Dakota

    • Not specified
    • 1926
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes text.; Map no. 21806. 27 x 20 Centimeters

  9. Title: Map of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway, Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine : showing every city, town, village and hamlet throughout its entire length : proposed by the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway Association and also advocated by the National Highways Association, Washington, D.C.

    • Not specified
    • 1923
    Contributors:

    Summary: May 1923.; Includes illustrations, notes, and "Profile of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway showing elevations above sea level of the principal cities, hotels & garages, and mileage." 29 x 126 centimeters, on sheet 46 x 132 centimeters

  10. Title: Milk River Irrigation Project, Montana

    • Not specified
    • 1922
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes location map.; Map no. 20266. 18 x 25 Centimeters

  11. Title: Huntley Project, Montana

    • Not specified
    • 1916
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes text and inset location map.; "December 1916."; "Map no. 17177." 24 x 35 centimeters

  12. Title: National Highways map of the State of Vermont showing eight hundred miles of national highways

    • Not specified
    • 1915
    Contributors:

    Summary: "June, 1914." "This map shows tentative locations for part of a National Highways system." Includes updated national highways and statistics on population and mileage. 29 x 21 centimeters

  13. Title: Fifty thousand miles of national highways proposed by the National Highways Association, Washington, D.C : with the alignment of the Lincoln Highway (tentative location - subject to revision) showing every city, town, village, and hamlet throughout its entire length

    • Not specified
    • 1915
    Contributors:

    Summary: The Lincoln Highway is not a part of the 50,000-mile system advocated by and shown on the maps of the National Highways Association. Much of the mileage of the Lincoln Highway, however, conforms to the alignment of said system. The Lincoln Highway Association is not a part of nor has it any direct or indirect connection with the National Highways Association, although the latter supports and approves of the former.; "Published under direction of the National Highways Association."; Includes tentative designation of national highways. 21 x 92 centimeters

  14. Title: National Highways Map of the United States Showing Principal Transcontinental Highways and Connecting System of one Hundred Thousand Miles of National Highways Proposed by the National Highways Association, 1915

    • Raster data
    • 1915
    Contributors:

    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1915 paper map entitled: National Highways Map of the United States Showing Principal Transcontinental Highways and Connecting System of one Hundred Thousand Miles of National Highways Proposed by the National Highways Association. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

  15. Title: Bedrock geology of the Tofte quadrangle, Cook County, Minnesota, M-171

    • Not specified
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: Interpretations of bedrock geology (distribution of rock at the land surface and beneath surface sediments) of the Tofte quadrangle, scale 1:24,000.

  16. Title: Bedrock geology of the Little Marais quadrangle, Cook County, Minnesota, M-172

    • Not specified
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: Interpretations of bedrock geology (distribution of rock at the land surface and beneath surface sediments) of the Little Marais quadrangle, scale 1:24,000.

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