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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Thayercounty, Nebraska.
Feb 1900. 1 sheet(s).
Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean : ordered by Jeff' Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route
Very detailed map of the United States west of the Mississippi River indicating drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, forts, trails, wagon roads, and routes of exploration. An important map of western expansion, it utilized and lists 45 major exploration and mapping reports from the Lewis & Clark to the U.S. General Land Office Surveys.
[Isthmus of Panama, no. 41-16]
Covers the Isthmus of Panama from Panama City and Chorera on the Pacific Coast to Chagres and Portobelo Harbor on the Caribbean Coast. Also shows rivers, streams, settlements, an existing rail line, a proposed rail line to Panama City, a proposed canal, roads, a trail, coastline, coastal features, and anchorages. Title written in ink from verso. Pencil, pen-and-ink and wash. On verso at top in script and black ink: To: J.B. Feraud, esq. On verso in ink in bottom right corner: No.17 Coll. of Major DB Douglass, abt. 1838. Imperfect: Brittle, crack-lined, darkened, water-stained, holes throughout with minor losses, gold stitched along edges, and mounted on cloth. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 645 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Map of Iowa exhibiting the townships, cities, villages post offices, railroads, common roads & other improvements
Listed in R. S. Ladd's Maps Showing Explorers' Routes ... (Washington, Govt Print Off., 1862), 143. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:1,250,000. LC Railroad maps, 217 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Gettysburg battlefield today. Pennsylvania Railroad
Copyright no. 59616R June 3, 1913. Panoramic map of the Gettysburg battlefield. Round Top is in the foreground. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 345.5 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Colton's railroad & township map of New England with portions of the state of New York, the British provinces &c
LC copy imperfect, lower right quarter of map missing. LC also has 1853 and 1854 editions. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:570,240. LC Railroad maps, 107 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
Aerial view drawn to resemble a block diagram. "*GPO: 1998--432-903/60256. Reprint 1998." Relief shown by shading. Panel title. Includes text, index of inclines, and ill. (some col.). Text, small map of site, and col. ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Colton's railroad & township map of the state of New York : with parts of the adjoining states & Canada
Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize state boundaries and county areas. Prime meridian: Washington D.C. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1852 by J.H. Colton in ... the Southern Dist. of N. York." LC copy imperfect: Darkened on verso at fold lines, adhesive label affixed to cover. Signed in ink script on inside of cover: Millard Fillmore, July 26 1853. Includes population statistical table and embellished map border (flowers, berries, leaves, tendrils). Publisher's printed map list on inside of cover. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
Aerial view drawn to resemble a block diagram. "*GPO:2001--472-470/40012. Reprint 2001." Relief shown by shading. Panel title. Includes text, index of cable inclines, and ill. (some col.). Text, small map of site, and col. ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Map of the land grant & connections of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1037 miles of road, 12,000,000 acres of land
Relief shown by hachures. Scale ca. 1:1,600,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 650/1; 650/2; 610/3
[Underground railroad map of the United States, ca. 1838-1860
Manuscript; pen-and-ink and pencil. Scale not given. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California.
1911 - 1912 Vol. 1, 1912. 118 sheet(s). Map of congested district and key map to edition. Bound.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California.
1912 - Nov 1951 Vol. 1. 121 sheet(s). 060. Map of congested district and key map to edition.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alameda, Alameda County, California.
1948. 98 sheet(s). Bound.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.
1898. 110 sheet(s). Bound.