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Map[Photomap of central Washington D.C. and adjacent part of Arlington]. Title devised by cataloger. Accompanied by bibliographic information card: 109. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Map of Washington, D.C. Copyrighted 1946. Aerial photograph. 1 sheet ; 5 x 12 cm. In upper left corner: 18752. LC copy halved and mounted on cloth backing. DCP
- Contributor: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
- Date: 1946-01-01
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MapMap of n. eastern Virginia and vicinity of Washington Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows forts and batteries in the District of Columbia and immediate vicinity. At head of title: Surveys for military defences. LC copy annotated in black ink and colored inks to show troop positions and engagements. Annotated in black ink on verso: Major General Sigel to Colonel L.P. di Cesnola, Chantilly, Novbr. 1862. Bookplate of "Palma di...
- Contributor: Schedler, J. (Joseph) - United States. Corps of Topographical Engineers - McDowell, Irvin
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapMilitary posts and camps near Washington, D.C. Also covers Chesapeake Bay region. "From Sheet J-18, International Map compilation." Includes directory of "How to reach military posts and camps from Washington." LC copy torn, rubber-stamped, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
- Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Date: 1926-01-01
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MapFrogland, Georgetown D.C. & H. Balls lot, Viginia [sic] Cadastral survey maps. Title in ink on verso. "Done for Mr. William Redin." At upper left in large letters: W. Redin Esq. Brown and black inks with additions in lead pencil. Soiled and cracked along edges. On verso in ink: Index no. 58, page 2. No. 58. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 501 Vault...
- Contributor: Taggart, Hugh T. (Hugh Thomas)
- Date: 1800
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MapDevelopment of Great Falls for water power and increase of water supply for the District of Columbia. Covers Potomac River watershed above Great Falls. Shows sub-watersheds, gaging stations, and reservoir sites. Title and imprint from accompanying text. On t.p. of accompanying text: Letter from the chairman of the Federal Power Commission ... together with the report of Maj. M.C. Tyler. Accompanied by t.p. and p. 91-102 of: Senate document no. 403, 60th Congress, 3d session : Development of Great Falls for...
- Contributor: United States. Government Printing Office - United States. Federal Power Commission - United States. Congress. Senate - Tyler, M. C.
- Date: 1921-01-01
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MapDistrict of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac. Low-angle bird's-eye view. Shows cities of Washington and Alexandria in foreground. Includes index of military positions with regiment names. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 678 Stephenson. Cartography of northern Virginia, pl. 39 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. DCP
- Contributor: Bohn, Casimir - E. Sachse & Co
- Date: 1861-01-01
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MapGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia Also covers Clara Barton Parkway. "*GPO: 1986--491-417/40017." Includes directory of points of interest and ill. Text and ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
- Contributor: United States. National Park Service
- Date: 1986-01-01
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MapChart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River shewing the route of the Alexandria Canal : made in pursuance of a resolution of the Alex'a Canal Company Oct. 1838 Nautical chart of the Potomac estuary within the District of Columbia. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Stephenson. Cartography of northern Virginia, pl. 29-30 Includes note. LC copies fold-lined and mounted on cloth backing. Copy 1 annotated in ink in right lower margin: From Senate Doc. 178, 26th Congress, 2nd Session, Feb. 5.,...
- Contributor: Turnbull, Wm. (William) - Kearney, James - Alexandria Canal Company - Fairfax, Wilson M. C. - Ewing, Maskell C. - Stone, William James
- Date: 1838-01-01
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MapThe Chesapeake Bay watershed : 64,000 square miles of land, water, wildlife, and people : "a better bay through better science" 1997 Also covers watersheds of tributary rivers (including the Susquehanna) and adjacent regions of the Middle Atlantic States. State boundaries and watershed outline added. Includes bar-code. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.) - Chesapeake Bay Program (U.S.)
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MapGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia Also covers Clara Barton Parkway. Includes directory of points of interest and ill. Text and ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
- Contributor: United States. National Park Service
- Date: 1985-01-01
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MapPlan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States, extended to embrace its suburban towns, villages, &c. ... Depths shown by contours. Also covers Rosslyn (Va.). Also shows wards, block numbers, water and sewer lines, streetlights, major buildings, and streetcar lines. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the year 1870." Includes notes, insets of D.C. avenues and Alexandria, and population table. LC copy darkened, brittle, missing...
- Contributor: Forsyth, William
- Date: 1870-01-01
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MapGeographical, statistical, and historical map of the District of Columbia Relief shown by hachures. Title at head of text: District of Columbia. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes text and statistical tables. At upper right: No. 21. LC copy fold-lined, missing edge section, and accompanied by typewritten information card: [From] A complete historical, chronological & geographical American atlas, H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia, 1822. Available also through the Library of Congress...
- Contributor: H.C. Carey & I. Lea (Firm) - Young & Delleker
- Date: 1822-01-01
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MapTopographical map of Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction. Shows Union and Confederate positions at "Battle of Bull Run, July 21st 1861." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. In right margin at bottom: Guide to Mount Vernon by the Road Maker. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift (copy 1); Edward Stead; 25 Oct. 1991. Includes index of "U.S. encampments at Arlington Heights" and...
- Contributor: Magnus, Charles
- Date: 1861-01-01
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MapLandsat 7 and the Chesapeake Bay
Landsat 7--a view of the Chesapeake Bay "This image of the Chesapeake Bay region was acquired Oct. 5, 2001." Also covers Washington D.C. region. Gift; Charles B. Peterson; June 2007. Includes NASA and USGS logotypes. Text on verso. "LG-2006-05-104-GSFC." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.) - United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Goddard Space Flight Center
- Date: 2001-01-01
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MapMap of the Atlantic Highway.
Map of the Atlantic Highway: Showing Every City, Town, Village and Hamlet Throughout its Entire Length The National Highways Association (NHA) was established in 1911 to promote the development of an improved national road network in the United States. Under the slogan "Good roads for everyone!" the NHA advocated the building and permanent maintenance by the federal government of a system of 50,000 miles (some 80,500 kilometers) of highways. This map, issued by the NHA in 1915, shows the Atlantic...- Contributor: Atlantic Highway Association - Mulford, John C. - National Highways Association - Jenkins, E. E.
- Date: 1915-01-01
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MapWashington and Georgetown harbors, District of Columbia Nautical chart. Also covers central Washington. Relief shown by contours and hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Printed note slip titled "Time ball" affixed at lower right. Includes notes, tide table, and survey insigne. In left upper margin: No. 391a price 40 cents. LC copy soiled, laminated, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a...
- Contributor: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - Cutts, R. D. (Richard Dominicus) - Lindenkohl, H. (Henry) - Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus) - Lindenkohl, A.
- Date: 1882-01-01
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MapChesapeake Bay watershed, highly erodible land on cropland, 1992 Shows soil erodibility within hydrologic units (regions). Also covers Susquehanna River watershed. Includes notes. "6-50." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: United States. Soil Conservation Service
- Date: 1992-01-01
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MapChart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River : surveyed by order of the Sec. of War for the Corporation of Georgetown D.C. with a view to the improvement of ... Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes note. LC copy fold-lined, laminated, halved, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
- Contributor: Callahan, Denis - United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers - Burgess, R. W. - Woodruff, I. C. - United States. Congress Senate
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapUpper Chesapeake Bay, satellite image map : NASA LANDSAT-1, 1:250,000 N3849W07649, 016-033 Scale 1:250,000. Title in lower right corner: Upper Chesapeake Bay, N3849W07649, 016-033, 1972. "Imagery recorded ... Oct. 11, 1972 ..." "Projection and 10,000-meter grid: Universal transverse Mercator, zone 18, ..." False-color satellite image of northern Chesapeake Bay and Washington, D.C., regions. Includes notes, location map, and index to topographic and satellite image map coverage. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
- Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.) - United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Date: 1972-01-01
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MapContours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862 [map].
Union forts on the Virginia shore This map shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases lists the name of the regiment that built the structure.- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-01-01
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Map[Map of Alexandria, Virginia] Illustrates Alexandria's central position in the defense of Washington, where at least 12 outlying forts surrounded the city. Military camps of various Union officers such as Samuel Peter Heintzelman are indicated on this map.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1861-01-01
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MapThe tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c. Relief shown by contours. Prime meridian: Washington. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the eastern District of Pennsylvania." Signed on verso: Millard Fillmore March 1853. Includes lists of steamboat and stagecoach routes, and indexed inset of the District of Columbia. "Population of Virginia by Counties, in...
- Contributor: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) - Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co
- Date: 1853-01-01
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Map[A map of Fairfax County, and parts of Loudoun and Prince William Counties, Va., and the District of Columbia] LC Land ownership maps, 1251 Relief shown by hachures. Shows western Washington D.C. region, including fortifications and names of some residents. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H30 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Brown, Samuel Howell - Hoffmann, J. Paul
- Date: 1864-01-01
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MapPart of map of portions of the milit'y dept's of Washington, Pennsylvania, Annapolis, and north eastern Virginia Relief shown by hachures. Shows Washington D.C. region, including western part of Maryland and northeastern Virginia. Does not show Pennsylvania with the exception of Gettysburg. Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth, mounted on paper. Holograph beneath title: "A.L. Rives., Col. & asst. to Chf. Eng." LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H15 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers - Early, Jubal Anderson - United States. Topographical Bureau - Rives, Alfred Landon - Sheppard, William Ludwell
- Date: 1864-01-01
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MapMap of Jackson City opposite the city of Washington at the south end of the Potomac Free Bridge. Shows proposed town of Jackson City in Alexandria County D.C. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Also covers Potomac River between Georgetown and Alexandria. Pen-and-ink and blue wash. Faced with gauze and mounted on cloth backing. Includes later lead-pencil annotations at lower right. Map folder annotated in ink: This map removed from a binding containing a list of the original...
- Date: 1843-01-01