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Library of Congress2023

Documenting Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District and The Bottom District in Dallas, Texas photos

Provides a snapshot of the Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District and The Bottom in Dallas, Texas, as they appeared in August 2023. Through photos, this documentation captures the remaining structures, streetscapes, and landmarks, showcasing the resilience of these historic neighborhoods amid challenges like development pressures, city-led demolitions under the 3000-square-foot rule, disinvestment, redlining, gentrification, and fires. This visual record preserves the community’s legacy, helping present and future generations understand the neighborhood’s enduring presence and spirit despite the odds, while underscoring the importance of continued preservation efforts.

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Library of Congress1861

[Map of eastern Virginia and parts of Maryland and northern North Carolina showing railroads and principal cities and towns]

Title and date derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. In pencil mounted on cloth. Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.): G3880 186- .M32 Vault. Imperfect: Losses along fold lines and discoloration throughout. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 508.55 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Gift; Mrs. Carroll Greenough; Nov. 6, 1943.

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Library of Congress1861

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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Library of Congress1864

Map of the state of Virginia : containing the counties, principal towns, railroads, rivers, canals & all other internal improvements.

"Copyright secured by W. & J. March 1862." Accompanied by cover: New map of Virginia. Richmond : West & Johnston, 1864 ; 18 x 12 cm. Inset: View of Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.; includes list of railroads. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 501.8 Parrish & Willingham. Confederate imprints, 6206 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. c. 2, May 2002, source unknown; Map Cataloging Team; c. 4 photocopy, LVA. c. 2 has green cardboard cover. Civil War Map Proj. no.: LVA00039. Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, Jan. 2002. Digital image available: 26 x 37.5 in. Map accession no. 4150 (1974); c. 4 (on 4 sheets, negative photostats, sheets 40 x 46 cm.). Previously filed as: 755 1862(3) copy 2 & 4

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Library of Congress1865

Map of the state of Virginia : containing the counties, principal towns, railroads, rivers, canals & all other internal improvements.

"Copyright secured by W. & J. March 1862." Accompanied by cover: Map of Virginia. Richmond: West & Johnston, Publishers. 1862; 15 x 10 cm. Inset: View of Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.; includes list of railroads. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 475.5 Parrish & Willingham. Confederate imprints, 6204 Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, 971 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. c. 1, May 2002, source unknown; c. 3, source unknown; Map Cataloging Team. Civil War Map Proj. no.: LVA00038. Conservation: copy 1 restored April 17, 1947; copy 1 and 3, Etherington Conservation Center, Jan. 2002. Copy 1 has no cover; c. 3 has blue cardboard cover and is 58 x 87 cm on sheet 66 x 96 cm. Copy 1 map accession no. 5177ax; copy 3 map accession no. 5177bx. Digital image available: 26 x 37.5 in. Previously filed as: 755 1862(3) copy 1 & 3

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Library of Congress1917

[Railroad map showing coal transportation rates in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio : based on the Pittsburgh and Connellsville districts, Pennsylvania]

Covers the area between Toledo, Dayton, Connellsville, and Erie. Title devised by cataloger. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy soiled and annotated in pencil: For Exr. Disqua July 6, 1917. LC copy accompanied by handwritten (lead pencil) note describing revised coal rates. [1] sheet : ms. ; 26 x 21 cm.

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Library of Congress1896

Atlas of the city of New York lying south of 166th st. showing surface railroads

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

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Library of Congress1906

Map of the Pittsburgh district showing railroad terminals and location of iron and steel works having track connections

Main map covers city and suburbs. Inset maps cover railroad extensions into region. "Supplement to The Iron Age, March 22, 19[06]." Includes "Alphabetical list of works ...," indexed "Numerical list of works ...," list of blast furnaces, directory of railroad connections, and 5 insets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy brittle, torn along fold lines, and lacking sections along margins.

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