Collection Items
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MapInsurance maps of the city of Philadelphia.
Maps of the city of Philadelphia | Insurance maps of the suburbs of Philadelphia | Insurance maps, suburbs of Philadelphia Some atlases surveyed by Ernest Hexamer & William Locher. Some atlases surveyed and drawn by Ernest Hexamer. Some atlases surveyed and drawn by Ernest Hexamer & Son. Orientation varies. Described in unpublished index to non-Sanborn fire insurance maps in Geography & Map Division Reading Room. Annotations in pencil and colored pencil on most maps. Amendments pasted on most maps. Available also through the Library...- Contributor: Locher, William - E. Hexamer & Son - Hexamer, Ernest
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapCity & county map of New-York : Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & the adjacent waters
City and county map of New-York City street map showing built-up areas, streetcar/railroad lines, river piers (numbered, proprietors identified), municipal wards (numbered), and projected street-system grid to the northern end of Manhattan Island.- Contributor: Lyne, James - Fillmore, Millard - J.H. Colton & Co
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapThe City of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country Street planning map. Covers all of Manhattan Island (New York, N.Y.) and substantial parts of adjacent counties in New York and New Jersey. Shows existing and proposed streets; also buildings and other structures, streams and other wetlands, political boundaries. Shows relief by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illustrations of surveying equipment used by the...
- Contributor: Randel, John
- Date: 1821-01-01
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MapPhiladelphia 100 years ago. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Varte, P. C. - J. Toudy & Co
- Date: 1875-01-01
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MapPhiladelphia 100 years ago. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Varte, P. C. - Carbutt, John
- Date: 1875-01-01
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MapTo the citizens of Philadelphia, this plan of the city and its environs is respectfully dedicated by the editor Scale ca. 1:18,000. Title in lower margin: Philadelphia in 1796. Facsimile. Relief shown by hachures. Pictorial map. From Charles D. Kaufmann's Street atlas of Philadelphia by wards. 1895. Includes index to points of interest and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Bradley & Company - Varte, P. C. - Kaufmann, Charles D.
- Date: 1895-01-01
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MapBy a draft of Foxhall & Morris purchase : [Philadelphia]. Shows area along the Schuylkill from Francis to Vine Streets, including Morris Street. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backed paper. Includes notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Date: 1802-01-01
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MapTo the citizens of Philadelphia, this new plan of the city and its environs is respectfully dedicated by the editor Relief shown by hachures. Selected buildings shown pictorially. Includes indexes and illustrations. State number II, according to Wheat & Brun. Shows some landowners. LC Ward maps, 171 Wheat & Brun 1969, 465 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Varle, Charles
- Date: 1802-01-01
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MapPlan of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts : shewing the existing and contemplated improvements Scale ca. 1:6,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows wards and built-up. Indexed. Accompanied by: Index to the new plan of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, with references to find the streets, public buildings, etc. (vi, 44, 16 p. ; 15 cm.) Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/2
- Contributor: Allen, William - Dawson, E. B. - Tanner, Henry Schenck
- Date: 1830-01-01
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MapPhiladelphia General street map of the compact central districts of Philadelphia. Hand col. to show administrative wards (numbered). Title from upper border of map. Map "Copyright, 1883, by O.W. Gray & Son". Includes hand col. insets at scale ca. 1:92,000: Outline map of the county and city of Philadelphia and vicinity -- North-eastern part of Twenty-third Ward. Available also through the Library of Congress Web...
- Contributor: O.W. Gray & Son - J. Gopsill's Sons
- Date: 1883-01-01
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Map[Manuscript map of Kensington in Philadelphia]. Selected buildings shown pictorially. Shows some landowners. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backed paper, with an attached sheet (19 x 34 cm) with a few manuscript numbers. Purchased at the sale of George Gordon Meade's collection. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Meade, George Gordon
- Date: 1820-01-01
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MapThe grounds and buildings of the United States Centennial International Exhibition : 1876, May 10th to November 10th, 1876 Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Bird's-eye-view. Includes names of exhibition officials. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 611; 710/1
- Contributor: L. Prang & Co - Smirke, Sydney
- Date: 1876-01-01
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MapBird's eye view, centennial exhibition buildings & grounds, Philad'a Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north to the left. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 611
- Contributor: Smirke, Sydney
- Date: 1875-01-01
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MapPhiladelphia, 1876 : chromatic view Oriented with north toward the lower left. Panorama. Shows the Centennial International Exhibition grounds. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Inger, Christian - Hensel, D.
- Date: 1876-01-01
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MapLeague Island U.S. Navy Yard Philadelphia Aerial view to horizon. Also shows warships, horse-drawn carriages, personal figures, and city skyline at horizon. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, torn at edges, rubber-stamped, annotated in lead pencil on recto, in blue pencil on verso. PM3
- Contributor: Webster & Hunter
- Date: 1897-01-01
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MapPhiladelphia (the most densely settled portion). Street map of city center and adjacent western districts. Publication data from t.p. of encyclopedia volume. Map removed from 1894 Werner ed. of: The Encyclopædia Britannica, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature with new maps ... with American revisions and additions. Vol. XVIII (between p. 739-740). LC copy imperfect: Lacks street index. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
- Contributor: Werner Company (Chicago, Ill.)
- Date: 1894-01-01
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MapBird's eye view of Philadelphia. Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 827 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 710/2
- Contributor: Bachmann, John - P.S. Duval & Son - Weik, John
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapBird's eye view of Philadelphia. Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Supplement to Harper's weekly, June 15, 1872." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 828 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Harper & Brothers - Davis, Theodore R.
- Date: 1872-01-01
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MapBird's-eye view of the city of Philadelphia --its streets, avenues, and public buildings--and of the Centennial buildings in Fairmount Park. Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Supplement to Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, no. 1059." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 829 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2
- Contributor: Leslie, Frank
- Date: 1876-01-01
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MapPhiladelphia in 1886. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Differs from other edition in illus. of commercial buildings. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 829.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes and illus. of notable commercial buildings. AACR2
- Contributor: Burk & McFetridge
- Date: 1886-01-01
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MapPhiladelphia in 1886. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Differs from other edition in illus. of commercial buildings. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 829.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes and illus. of notable commercial buildings. AACR2
- Contributor: Burk & McFetridge
- Date: 1885-01-01
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MapPhiladelphia of to-day. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 830 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "Penna R.R. directory of terminals in Philadelphia." AACR2: 651/1
- Contributor: Burk & McFetridge
- Date: 1887-01-01
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MapPhiladelphia in 1888. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows terminals and routes for "Penna R.R.," "Phila. & Reading R.R.," and "B&O. R.R." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 831 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1
- Contributor: Burk & McFetridge
- Date: 1888-01-01
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MapAn outline of the newly consolidated city, showing the boundaries of the wards : according to the act passed by the Legislature, Jany. 31st, 1854 Scale not given. Hand colored. "Entered according to act of Congress in February 1854, by R. L. Barnes, in the Clerk's Office of the Distt. Ct. of the Eastn. Dt. of Penna." Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 100; 650/1; 651/2
- Contributor: Barnes, Rufus L.
- Date: 1854-01-01
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MapA description of two lotts in the city of Philadelphia, the one belonging to the Proprietary, William Penn, the other to his daughter, Lætitia Penn, together with the streets & lotts bounding ... Scale ca. 1:600. Alternate title: Fac-simile of the original plat of the lots assigned to William and Lætitia Penn, drawn 23d of the 12th month 1698, and recovered 4th of 9th month 1882. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Cadastral map showing landowners' names. Facsimile of a manuscript. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image....
- Contributor: Boogher, William Fletcher - Penington, Edward - Penn, Letitia - Penn, William
- Date: 1882-01-01