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    Map showing territory annexed to the City of Los Angeles California / Lyall A. Pardee City Engineer

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    Old shelf number Eph J2d. Annexations shown through October 15, 1964, a total of 213 listed. Table of additions. MS calcs. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blue line print.

    ephMPCALIF0170

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    Guide Map of the City of St. Louis / Drawn by Theodore Fay, Draughtsman, St. Louis, Mo. A. McLean Lith

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    Shows all street car lines and site of the Fair. Published with guide book. Street index and guide book. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

    249676

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    Map of New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R

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    Maps shows the railroad's lines between Chicago, Buffalo, N.Y. and Cincinnati and surrounding areas. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

    492459

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    Map of Chicago : showing the parks, boulevards, and burnt district, accompanying Chicago and the great conflagration / by Colbert & Chamberlin

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    No old shelf mark. Accompanying note says "Not in Phillips. Probably from E. Colbert, Chicago. 1872 (6033)." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, chains. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Rand, McNally & Co.'s Map of Chicago. No. 3

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    No old shelf mark. Includes cover from folded map for Goodrich Line steamers and Charles E. Rand, Real Estate and Mortgage Loans. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Rand, McNally & Co.'s new city limits map of Chicago. 1892.

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    Blanchards map of Chicago

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    No old shelf mark. MS note at the bottom states, "The Red lines show the streets where the Horse Railroads are completed. Within the pencil line is midling thickly settled." Chicago cemetery appears on maps from 1857, 1862 and 1863, but by 1868 it's gone. This coincides with the construction of the horse railroads, which began in 1858. Embossed floral design above O & H. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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