Map Map of Delaware Co. and the city of Philadelphia

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Map of Delaware Co. and the city of Philadelphia

Names

  • G.M. Hopkins & Co.
  • Busch, Edward (Engraver)
  • Bourquin, F. (Frederick), 1808-
  • Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : G.M. Hopkins & Co., 1876

Headings

  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Delaware County--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Chester--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Delaware County--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Chester--Maps
  • -  Delaware County (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
  • -  Media (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Chester (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Darby (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Drexel Hill (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Delaware County
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Chester
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Media
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Darby
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Drexel Hill

Genre

  • Cadastral maps

Notes

  • -  Shows real-property tracts and landowners' names in rural areas of the county and in the Province Island district of Philadelphia.
  • -  Radial distances shown from Philadelphia City Hall.
  • -  Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Hand col. to distinguish minor civil divisions (townships, boroughs, cities) and numbered wards in Philadelphia.
  • -  Also shows grounds of "International Exposition" in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
  • -  "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1876 by G.M. Hopkins in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington D.C."
  • -  Includes notes and business directories.
  • -  Street-map insets: Borough of Media -- Borough of South Chester [now part of Chester city] -- Borough of North Chester, Chester Twp. [now part of Chester city] -- Borough of Darby -- City of Chester -- Taylorville, Upper Darby Twp. [now part of Drexel Hill].
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 740
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Brittle, use-worn.
  • -  3 copies

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col., cloth backing ; 129 x 145 cm., folded in separate cover panels 27 x 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3823.D4G46 1876 .G2

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012593313

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

G.M. Hopkins & Co, Edward Busch, F Bourquin, and Griffith Morgan Hopkins. Map of Delaware Co. and the city of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co, 1876. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593313/.

APA citation style:

G.M. Hopkins & Co, Busch, E., Bourquin, F. & Hopkins, G. M. (1876) Map of Delaware Co. and the city of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593313/.

MLA citation style:

G.M. Hopkins & Co, et al. Map of Delaware Co. and the city of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co, 1876. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012593313/>.