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New Orleans, Louisiana – 1920

Categories: 1920, Louisiana, New Orleans

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New Orleans (Louisiana) 1922

Categories: 1922, Chalmette, Louisiana, New Orleans, United States

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  • Title: New Orleans (Louisiana) 1922
  • Full Title: Map showing New Orleans harbor improvements from Southport to Port Chalmette / Board of Commissioners, Port of New Orleans ; drawn by Robert H. Scott
  • Date: 1922
  • Creator: Louisiana. Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans
  • Contributors: Scott, Robert H.; Gallagher, H. M.
  • Publisher: Board of Commissioners, Port of New Orleans (New Orleans)
  • Description: Includes 2 ancillary maps: Inner harbor-navigation canal : general location -- Inner harbor navigation canal : general map. "December 1921." "H.M. Gallagher, chief engineer." "M-1-4348" and "M-1-4696."
  • Scale: ca. 1:14,500
  • Publication Date: 1921
  • Web Source: American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

The Panama Canal – 1923

Categories: 1923, Panama, Panama Canal

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Luna Park, Coney Island – 1930

Categories: 1930, Brooklyn, Coney Island, New York City

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Aleutians (Japanese limit of advance) – 1942-1943

Categories: 1942, 1943, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, World War II

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Aleutians – The Capture of Attu, 11 – 30 May 1943

Categories: 1943, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Attu, World War II

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Aleutians – Kiska Island, 15 – 16 August 1943

Categories: 1943, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Kiska Island, World War II

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Chicago, Illinois to Gander, Newfoundland 1947, route chart

Categories: 1947, Chicago, Illinois

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  • Title: Chicago, Illinois to Gander, Newfoundland 1947, route chart
  • Full Title: Route chart : Chicago, Illinois to Gander, Newfoundland (2201) / compiled and printed by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ; under authority of the Secretary of Commerce
  • Date: 1947
  • Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • Publisher: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (Washington)
  • Description: Relief shown by gradient tints, hachures, and spot heights. Base map with aeronautical overprinting in purple. North oriented to the upper right. "Advance edition January 3, 1947." "Location of isogonic lines as of 1947 Aeronautical Information Jan. 3, 1947." "Base no. 1." "A-3217-3 (1)++."
  • Scale: 1:2,000,000
  • Publication Date: 1947
  • Web Source: American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

Coney Island – 1949

Categories: 1949, Brooklyn, Coney Island, New York City

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The town of Winchester, Massachusetts /

Categories: 1952, Massachusetts, Winchester

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