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Panorama. "Copyright 1910 Pennsylvania Railroad Co." Includes index and inset of the front of the Station. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
General street map showing wards, piers, pier numbers, and streetcar lines. Shows 1-mile radial distance from City Hall. Issued as the summer 1870 no. of "Mackey's shipping indicator" (broadsheet). "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Joseph Mackey, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." Imperfect: Fold-lined, torn (halved) at fold line, annotated in ink in lower margin "Deposited June 15ʺ 1870, no. 877." Includes text, descriptive directory of ship arrivals/departures, and cameo impression of the District Court. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Outline map of Manhattan showing stations. Includes train schedule and list of points of interest.
"February 1911." Oriented with north toward the lower left. "Reproduced from report issued by New York Dock Department." Removed from textual publication. Annotated in lead pencil on verso: Microfilm 95/6001 MicRR. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Versos of maps blank. LC copy imperfect: Brittle, with losses along edges. Phillips, 2291 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Covers Manhattan south of 62nd Street. Also shows streetcar lines, trunk railroads, ferries, and piers. Title from panel. "Published Feb. 18, 1879, First Edition, 50,000." Includes notes and inset showing stations north of 59th Street. Text, station directory, table of running times, and advertisements on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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
Cadastral map showing lot lines, lot numbers, sold/unsold lots, railroad line, and extant buildings. Imperfect: Wrinkled, fold-lined, torn at edges, annotated in lead pencil/blue pencil. Includes promotional text, location map (inset), and railroad timetable. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no.: 2005-168
Cadastral map showing lot lines, lot numbers, lot/street dimensions, railroad line, and extant buildings. Railroad train shown pictorially. Imperfect: Wrinkled, fold-lined, torn at edges, foxed, annotated in pencil on verso: Map of West Flushing in the Town of Newton, Long Is. NYork, 18-4. Includes location map (inset): Relative position of West Flushing & New York. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Shows railroads and electric railroads. North oriented towards the upper right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Topographic map of part of New Jersey and New York, covering the area north of the Hudson River and between Jersey City and Nyack, N.Y. The map shows drainage, roads, houses, cities and towns, single-track, double-track, and proposed railroads. Chartered February 9, 1854. Completed in 1859. [From published bibliography]
Topographic strip map of the Hudson River Valley from Waterford to New York City, showing drainage, relief by hachures, county and township boundaries, cities and towns, roads and canals. Indicates the track of the Hudson River Railroad and the "line surveyed but not adopted." Chartered in 1846 and consolidated with New York Central Railroad. See entries 486-488.
Map of New York State and vicinity showing drainage, canals, cities and towns, and named railroads. January 1st, 1870 edition has "W. B. Gilbert, Chief Engineer."
Detailed map of the Mohawk Valley from Troy to Rome showing drainage, relief by hachures, towns, and villages.
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
Shows passenger rail lines and principal place-names in red overprint. Also shows minor civil divisions (cities and townships). LC copy imperfect: Original sheet halved. Includes small ill. of sailing ship. "14604." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Company organizational diagrammatic map drawn in the form of a branching tree that identifies in its branches all of the functional offices of the railroad by name. Shows railroad trackage branches as straight lines radiating from the central office of the "Gen'l Sup't". The branches extend from New York (State) westward thru northern New Jersey and northern Pennsylvania to Lake Erie. "Published by permission." LC copy imperfect: Use-worn, brittle, fold-lined, torn, missing sections along the margins. LC copy annotated in ink handwriting in lower margin: 18[4?]. Deposited in Clerk's Office So. Dist. N.Y. May 30,1856. Includes text, note, legend of symbols, and statistical table of "Number of offices and employés classed". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.