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Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 88 x 58 cm, on sheet 90 x 60 cm

Alternative title

1. Map showing railroads entering Chicago, also city limits and the parks.
2. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US067.1.07

Subject

1. Maps
2. Illinois > Chicago
3. Chicago (Ill.) > Maps

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 15-5860

Note

1. Shows streets, railroads, parks, canals, and public buildings.
2. Covers West Division Street to 31st Street and Robey Street to the lake.
3. Scale shown by quarter section squares.
4. Includes street index, railroads and depots index, and population table 1837-1887; and inset: Map showing railroads entering Chicago, also city limits and the parks.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. Blanchard, Rufus, 1821-1904, creator, publisher.

Title

1. Map of the business and central portions of Chicago.

Publisher

1. 171 Randolph St., [Chicago, Ill.] : Rufus Blanchard, 1890.

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:9,387 (W 87°41ʹ--W 87°34ʹ/N 41°54ʹ--N 41°50ʹ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 2, page 534, column 3, no. 2

Source

1. US067.1.07

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States Illinois Chicago.

Added title

1. Map showing railroads entering Chicago, also city limits and the parks.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 15-5860