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"This panoramic map shows Elkins, West Virginia, as it appeared in 1897. The city was developed as a railroad hub in the 1880s by two entrepreneurs and politicians: Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) and Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911), with the city named after the latter. Both men served terms representing West Virginia in the U.S. Senate. The map shows the city of Elkins along the Tygart's Valley River, with two bridges crossing the river--one for rail (adjacent to Railroad Avenue) and one for pedestrians and other transport (Davis Avenue). A train is seen on the far side of town, traveling on the West Virginia Central Railroad. The railroad enabled the success of industry involving the extraction of natural resources such as coal and timber. The index at the bottom of the map indicates points of interest, including the railroad hub, major industrial facilities, shops, schools, churches (Presbyterian, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist Colored, and United Brethren), and the opera house. The panoramic map was a cartographic form in popular use to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also known as bird's-eye views or perspective maps, these works are representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective. This map is by Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler (1842-1922), one of the most prolific makers of panoramic maps. Fowler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and fought and was wounded in the American Civil War. After working for an uncle who was a photographer, in 1870 he established his own panoramic map firm. Over the course of a long career, Fowler made panoramic maps of cities in 21 states and parts of Canada." World Digital Library.
Delineates the route of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad, (named on map as A. & T. Riv. R-Ra.). Also shows roads, rivers, section lines, houses, and outbuildings. Relief shown by hachures. Signed in pencil in two places by the Confederate engineer "Geo. Wadsworth Chf Engr." Pen and ink and watercolor. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 103.5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 7-85 Vault
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.T. Lloyd in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States ..." Text of newspaper, entitled "Lloyd's military map and gazetteer of the Southern States, Saturday, September 7, 1861" on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Fold lines and tears in margins mended with tape. Vault CW3
Outline map of eastern Wisconsin, and parts of Illinois and Michigan, showing major drainage, township lines, large cities, and the railroads.
Signed in ms: "Millard Fillmore 1862." Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 29 LC Railroad maps, 138 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
Shows relief by hachures, cities and towns, roads and trails, proposed mail route, and proposed railroad lines.
Map overprinted in red to show railroads by number. Index to chief cities in left margin.
Shows in detail the entire railroad network in red, coded by number to list.
Detailed map indicating drainage, place names, roads and railroads. Text, including a list of Illinois railroads and their connections, appears on both sides and bottom of the map.
Railroads are named along the line.
Railroads are named along the lines.
Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, stations, post offices, and the railroad network keyed to list by number.
Lightly colored map on tracing linen showing western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, parts of Virginia and West Virginia and most of Ohio.
Topographical map of part of Maryland showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, canals, the Washington Aqueduct, roads, and railroads with mileage on the main survey line. Chartered in 1853.
Relief shown by hachures. Accompanied by: Index to Cram's map of Montana. 4 p. ; 14 cm. Annotated in pencil in cover: c. 1884, immediately after 1st r.r. crossed Montana in 1883. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Acquisitions control no. 99-26
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. T. Lloyd." Copyright no. 290, July 12, 1861, written in right margin. Stamped: Deposited in U.S. District Clerk's Office, Southern District of New York. General map. 1862 edition listed as item no. 29, and 1863 edition as no. 41.2 Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.2 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.