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Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, "finished railroads," and "railroads in progress."
General map of the midwestern states with drainage, cities and towns, and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. Includes an advertisement for bonds.
Shows New England, eastern New York, and the Maritime Provinces. Gives completed, in progress, and proposed railroads. Indicates drainage, state boundaries, and larger cities. Slightly different edition, engraved by B. W. Thayer & Co., Boston, accompanies Morton's Report on the Survey of the European and North American Railway ... in Documents in Relation to the European and North American Railway Company ... (Portland, Harmon and Williams, 1851)
"The Man of Commerce" is a detailed map that conflates human anatomy with the American transportation system. Published in 1889 by the Land & River Improvement Company of Superior, Wisconsin, the map promotes Superior as a transportation hub and shows the routes of 29 railroads across the United States. The outline map of North America is superimposed by a cutaway diagram of the human body. The map's metaphor makes West Superior "the center of cardiac or heart circulation." The railways become major arteries. New York is "the umbilicus through which this man of commerce was developed." The explanatory notes conclude: "It is an interesting fact that in no other portion of the known world can any such analogy be found between the natural and artificial channels of commerce and circulatory and digestive apparatus of man." Use of the human body as a cartographic metaphor dates back at least to the 16th century, to the anthropomorphic map of Europe as a queen in Sebastian Münster's Cosmography (1570). This map may be the earliest application of this metaphor to North America. The cartographer was A.F. McKay, who in 1889 briefly served as the editor of the Superior Sentinel newspaper. The map was engraved by Rand McNally. The American Geographical Society Library acquired the map in 2009, aided in part by the Map Society of Wisconsin. The only other known copy of this map is in a private collection.
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On map of Christian County: Copyright 1924 The Kenyon Company Inc., map makers, Des Moines, Iowa. Includes index. LC copy imperfect: Rear cover separated from binding. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2008-150
Map of the midwestern states showing drainage, township and counties, land grants, railroads with named lines. Includes geographical description and advertising.
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
___ SB BELFAST IN 1904 THE JOURNALS ANNUAL REVIEW OE LOCAL EVENTS LOCAL INDUSTRIES Tlie Duplex Roller Bushing Co great ly enlarged its plant and facilities the past year The company bought the Dana building on Front street opposite their machine shop and moved much of the machinery there The wood de partment is on the ground floor on Front street and the machine shop in the basement The foundry is continued in its former location with the added rooms vacated by the machine depart ment A forge shop 45 by 65 feet has been built on the Dana property near the railroad track Tlie office was mov ed from the F A Knowlton store on Main street to the office room in the Dana building The company also bought the D Lane wharf which af fords a good water front privilege The business of the company is steadily in creasing and it is now a rival of the shoe factory as the leading industry of the city Leonard Barrows had an excellent years business at their shoe factory A full crew was given steady employment so much so that even for the necessary shut downs for stock taking the
Covers area in central Washington D.C. bounded by Pennsylvania Av. N.W./S.E., 9th St. S.E., N St. S.E., diagonally northwestward to 14th St. S.W. Shows railroad yards, connecting trackage, and city block numbers. "October 1889." Typewritten on label affixed to verso: Ground covered by House bill 8243. Blueprint with selected tracks emphasized in red pencil. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 22 x 14 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
Title provided by cataloger. Pen-and-ink on paper. Mounted on cloth. Shows the route of a proposed railroad, roads, streams, property lines, and the names of property owners. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Oriented with north toward the left. At right side, possible attribution note that is only partially legible: Wyndham [illegible] Jones. [Illegible]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Mrs. William D. Wrighton; April 1962. vcFY24
Shows Civil War battlefields (1861-1865), Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad lines, distinguishing between those which are pre-war and post-war, other railroads during the war, plank roads, turnpikes, other roads and light houses.
Shows Civil War battlefields (1861-1865), Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad lines, distinguishing between those which are pre-war and post-war, other railroads during the war, plank roads, turnpikes, other roads and light houses.
Shows Civil War battlefields (1861-1865), Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad lines, distinguishing between those which are pre-war and post-war, other railroads during the war, plank roads, turnpikes, other roads and light houses.
Shows streets, railroads, and lots. Includes index. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Map of the eastern United States to about the 96th Meridian showing operating and projected railroads.
I Letters From Tne Border Official Statements from Officers of the 2nd Maine as to Conditions at Laredo Laredo Texas July 17 1916 The Second Maine as you know left Au gusta with the men in day coaches of good type three men to a double seat which we consider was the best that could be furnished under the circum stances and great was the delight of the men and the satisfaction of the offi cers when Sunday noon at Kansas City we were furnished with tourist sleepers thus affording the men two good nights of sleep before reaching Laredo The attention of the railroad men was all that could be desired Mr Doane of the M C K R who accompanied the Regiment to the end of the trip was un tiring in his efforts and representatives of every road over which we passed ac companied to the end of their road We believe we have a great deal to thank Mr Doane for in smoothing out all the little difficulties that would have occur red At no time were we lacking for water or ice a very pleasing change from all past experiences The Regiment reached here in
One of eight large-scale pictorial maps of midwestern states showing routes and post offices of the Railway Mail Service. Designed by Chicago railway mail clerk Frank H. Galbraith to help employees of the Railway Mail Service quickly locate counties and post offices. The maps were rented for practicing or prospective workers who numbered over 6,000 and traveled over a million miles a year on the rails sorting mail. A printed title cartouche accompanied by a list of counties for each of the states by McEwen Map Company of Chicago is pasted on the maps. For published maps showing the routes of the mail service see entries 283 and 313.