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Maps of ‘Illinois’

Title: Wisconsin 1836
Date: 1836
Full Title: Map of the northern parts of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois with Michigan and that part of the Ouisconsin territory lying east of the Mississippi River
Publication Date: 1836
Original Item Description: 1 map : col. 34 x 38 cm.
Repository: American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Web Source: American Geographical Society Digital Map Collection

Title: Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota 1839
Date: 1839
Full Title: Magnetical chart, exhibiting the observations made by J. Locke during the survey of the mines of the United States / by David Dale Owen 1839
Creator: Owen, David Dale, 1807-1860
Publication Date: 1839
Map Publisher: United States. Dept. of the Interior
Notes: Shows southern Wisconsin, eastern Iowa and northern Illinois. Differs from other versions: no plate number, dimensions larger, scale differs, this map indicates verbal scale while others don't.
Scale: 1:760,320 1 in. = 12 miles
Original Item Description: 1 map : mounted on linen 35 x 34 cm.
Repository: American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Web Source: American Geographical Society Digital Map Collection

Title: Chicago (Illinois) 1893, streets, parks, boulevards, railroad depots
Full Title: The Chicago Evening Journal presents this map of Chicago showing streets, parks, boulevards, railroad depots, ward boundaries, etc., with street guide / engraved and printed by Poole Bros.
Date: 1893
Creator: Poole Brothers
Publisher: Chicago Evening Journal (Chicago)
Description: Shows street car lines. Advertisements and street index in margins. Columbia Exposition buildings in Lake Park identified on map, as is the panorama of the Battle of Shiloh at Michigan Blvd. and Dearborn. A panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg, noted in an advertisement in the upper right margin, and one other are identified at the corner of Wabash Ave. and Panorama Pl. Hubbard Ct.. Radial lines at 1 mile intervals from downtown Chicago.
Scale: ca. 1:33,000
Publication Date: 1893?
Web Source: American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

Title: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway 1901
Full Title: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway / [issued by the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company]
Date: 1901
Creator: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company
Publisher: unknown
Description: June-30-1901.
Scale: ca. 1:1,100,000
Publication Date: 1901
Web Source: American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

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

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