Historic tour of French Quarter, Louisiana
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[View of fortifications near the ruins of the Western and Atlantic Railroad bridge across the Etowah River in Georgia]
Shows fortifications near the Etowah River in the vicinity of Allatoona, Bartow County, Georgia. Bird's-eye view. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil. Imperfect: Fold-lined, mounted on paper. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S80 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
georgia↗
Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; ordered by Jeff'n Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Second bar scale glued on. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes "Authorities." Scale 1:3,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in color to show boundaries, in red and blue ink and pencil to show place names, base lines, railroads and railroad exploration routes. Vault AACR2
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Lloyd's map of the Southern States, showing all the railroads, their stations & distances : also the counties, towns, villages, harbors, rivers, and forts
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
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Magann's bird's eye view map of Pettis County, Missouri : showing plats of the railroad towns and sectional county map, 1872
Shows names of some residents, boundary lines, and place names. Copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth back. Includes text. "A. McLean Steam, Lith." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Map of Multnomah County, Oregon : compiled from county records, railroad surveys, and other official data
Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing lot lines and numbers, landowners' names, schools, churches, post offices, and geographical features. "Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1889 by R.A. Habersham in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C." Includes insets of "Oswego and vicinity," "Vancouver, W.T.," "Map of La Camas, W.T.," and "Oregon City and vicinity," and ill. LC Land ownership maps, 694 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies
oregon↗
Plan of the Battle of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va., Octr. 14th 1863.
Shows the area of Fairfax County, Va., which was the site of the Battle of Bristoe Station. The map is oriented with Cedar Run to the south, Bristoe to the west and indicates the route of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. Also indicated are A. P. Hill's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, engaging the Union's II Corps during its withdrawal toward Centreville, Va.
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Richmond and York River Railroad
"Sketch from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map. Extends from Richmond west to West Point. Also shows the course of the Pamunkey River. Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs. J. F. Minis), Savannah, Ga., in 1911. Manuscripts o.s.
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Sanborn fire insurance map for Reno, Nevada, sheet no. 5
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Profile, Royal Land Co. R.R.
Shows mineral deposits from Matthias' Point to Briery Branch Gap, Virginia. Pen-and-ink, pencil (some col.), and crayon on 2 sheets pasted together, mounted on cloth. "Scale 50 horizontal to 2 vertical." In pencil in upper right corner: No. 2. In pencil on verso: 330 crossed out. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H268 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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Map of Elko County, Nevada : showing: surveyed land, towns, mining districts, streams, rivers, principal ranches, post offices, school districts, main reservoir sites, principal roads and railroad & railroad land limits
Relief shown by hachures. Shows landownership. "Copyright 1894 by E.C. McClellan" Similar to G4353.E4 1894 .M3. Blue line print. Annotated in pencil. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Yellowstone National Park, Northern Pacific Railroad
Relief. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. National Park Exhibit, 1972.
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Gospel temperance railroad map
Relief shown pictorially. "Copyright 1908, by G. E. Bula." In lower left corner: GEB 2-'08. Includes notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Map of Elko County, Nevada : showing: surveyed land, towns, mining districts, streams, rivers, principal ranches, post offices, school districts, main reservoir sites, principal roads and railroad & railroad land limits
Relief shown by hachures. Shows landownership. "Copyright 1894 by E.C. McClellan" Annotated in blue crayon; mounted on cloth. Lacking lefthand edge; two holes punched inside upper neatline. LC Land ownership maps, 422 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Map of the state of Virginia containing the counties, principal towns, railroads, rivers, canals & all other internal improvements
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington. Includes list of lengths of railroad lines and ill. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 501.8 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from , Multiple States - US.
1910. 17 sheet(s). Includes distilleries and warehouses. Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Honduras : North Coast, Truxillo Railroad, 42 inch guage
Relief shown by hachures. "9 Oct. 1933." Blue line print. In lower right margin: 452569. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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