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new york
new york: explore 10 source-linked works published from 1650 to 1920, with original documents and citations.
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Map showing proposed waterfront improvements, terminals & railroad installations : at South Brooklyn, Gowanus Bay, and Erie Basin, borough of Brooklyn
"February 1911." Oriented with north toward the lower left. "Reproduced from report issued by New York Dock Department." Removed from textual publication. Annotated in lead pencil on verso: Microfilm 95/6001 MicRR. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York city : Seventh Avenue and Thirty-Second Street, looking towards Long Island
Panorama. "Copyright 1910 Pennsylvania Railroad Co." Includes index and inset of the front of the Station. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of New York city and vicinity showing steam railroads and electric lines
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
Atlas of the city of New York lying south of 166th st. showing surface railroads
Blue line print. Includes index map. Annotations in ink, pencil, and colored pencil on some maps. LC copy imperfect: Title page torn vertically along left side, front cover wanting, rear cover badly damaged, all maps significantly faded. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2007-107
Map of New York City, Brooklyn, and vicinity showing surface & elevated railroads in operation and proposed
Shows relief by hachures, drainage, parks, some buildings, names of property owners, streets, roads, and the railroads distinguished by line symbols.
Map of New York City, Brooklyn, and vicinity, shewing [sic] suburban lines of Long Island Railroad and its connections
Map of the five borough area of New York showing drainage, settlements, streets, roads, and railroads. "Manhattan (El.) R'y," "Long Island R.R.," "proposed Cable El. R'y," and connections are color coded.
Map and guide of the elevated railroads of New York City
Outline map of Manhattan showing stations. Includes train schedule and list of points of interest.
Map of the business portion of New York City below Madison Square : 1870
General street map showing wards, piers, pier numbers, and streetcar lines. Shows 1-mile radial distance from City Hall. Issued as the summer 1870 no. of "Mackey's shipping indicator" (broadsheet). "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Joseph Mackey, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." Imperfect: Fold-lined, torn (halved) at fold line, annotated in ink in lower margin "Deposited June 15ʺ 1870, no. 877." Includes text, descriptive directory of ship arrivals/departures, and cameo impression of the District Court. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Maps of New York--various subjects Pos--Railroads to 1899]
Most maps earlier than 1800 in this collection are photocopies or facsimiles. This record covers single maps of New York covering various subjects, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps and may also include some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. To request a specific map or for more information, contact a reference librarian in the Geography & Map Division (202) 707-6277 or through the "Ask a librarian" link through the Geography & Map Division website https://ask.loc.gov/map-geography/. Title supplied by cataloger.