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Topographic strip map of part of Pennsylvania from Mahanoy Mountain along Schuylkill River to Philadelphia. The line was chartered on December 5, 1833, and was completed in 1839. The entire line was opened on July 13, 1842.
Outline map of the eastern Great Lakes, east to Philadelphia and New York City, showing the east Pennsylvania coal fields. Chartered April 8, 1852, under Philadelphia, Easton and Water-Gap Railroad. See entry 529.
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Map of Pennsylvania showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with lines named.
Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.
Detailed strip map from rights of way surveys showing the location of the line between Sunbury and Erie and the counties through which the line traverses. Relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns along the line are shown. Railroad stations and distances in 10-mile intervals are indicated.
Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. Indicates major drainage, cities and towns, and names the railroads along the lines.
Map includes parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery counties. Indicates topography by hachures, drainage, roads, property owners, and part of the city street plan of Philadelphia. [From published bibliography].
CELEBRATING POOR RICHARDS BIRTHDAY Government Has Pictures Ready for Every Member in the Family Benjamin Franklin Gave Us Gifts We Shall Never Cease Using Benjamin Franklin whose picture adorns the 1919 or Franklin issue of War Savings Stamps receives unique recognition from the country which gae him birth and which he in turn helped to make a nation Born in Boston on January 17 two hundred and thirteen years pto he began his career at the age of ten in bis fathers trade of tallow chandler and scan boiler Dissatisfied he later h one an apprentice in his brothers printing office and such was his character that he quickly rose to an influential position and subsequent ly became one of the most illustrious figures of all times He not only amassed wealth through wise spending sane saving and secure investment but saved time to give himself a complete edu cation developing his gifts to the ut most as a writer philosopher scien tist and statesman He founded the Philadelphia library the American Philosophical Society and the Uni versity of Pennsylvania he discov ered that lightning is a discharge of electricity he was Postmaster of Philadelphia and later on Deputy Postmaster
AACR2 Perspective map not drawn to scale. Library of Congress. Panoramic maps of cities in the United States and Canada (2nd ed.), 827.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Outline map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network. Chartered April 8, 1852. Name changed to North Pennsylvania Rail Road. See entry 496. [From published bibliography].
Outline map of Philadelphia and vicinity showing different railroad lines and depots. Below "Line E" on the map is the following statement. "Surveyed by Edw. H. Saunders, Nov. 1856."
The distance and cost of grading is tabulated at the lower right of the map. The area covered is along Mill Creek and from the Lancaster Pike to Schuylkill River.
Outline map showing railroads between Port Trevorton and Catawissa on the Susquehanna River and the Port Richmond Wharves in Philadelphia.
Map of part of Pennsylvania between Schuylkill Haven and Ashland, showing drainage, cities, towns, individual buildings, mines, mills, and the branch rail lines connecting with the Philadelphia Reading & Pottsville R.R.
Detailed map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states indicating major drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, county boundaries in Pennsylvania, and major cities. Canals and railroads are annotated in colors. Chartered under the name Sunbury and Erie Railroad on April 3, 1837. Name changed in 1861 to the above. See also entries 571-573.
Gillem Plan For Integration Of Negro In Postwar Army In Motion PARTICIPANTS ON CBS PRO R M IN OBSERVANCE Oh I i RO newspaper WEEK 1eft to right Bill Slocum CBS Director Carol Brice contralto I who sang with her brother Jon athan Brice at the piano Dowdal n Davis advertising manager ol j THE CALL and chairman of Nh GRO NEWSPAPER WEEK who spoke on behalf of the Negro Newspaper Publishers Associa tion Don Maker announcer and Neal Scott manager and husband of Miss Brice__ California Editor Wins 500 Willkie Award For J ournalism MRS VIVIAN C MASON WINS 17000 DAMAGES PHILADELPHIA ANP rhe I nited States District court for Philadelphia last week award ed Mrs Vivian Carter Mason 17 00 in settlement for claims against the Pennsylvania railroad in a case pending since 1943 when rtio sutiered severe injuries in the Labor day wreck of the roads crack Congressional Limited in which 70 were killed and scores injured She was represented by Raymond Pace Alexander Airs Mason vice president of the National Council of Negro Women was traveling alone on the 75mileperhour express be ween Washington and New York when the wreck occurred Accord ing to evidence presented