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This finely detailed 19th c. engraved map of the United States and Texas, including three northeast state small inset maps, is titled with a focus on the independent Republic of Texas and the recognition of Native American territories in the west including the Mandan district. The large map is black and white, as published in the American edition by Harper & Brothers of M'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer: A Dictionary Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Objects in the World...Illustrated with Seven Large Maps. The set of maps is engraved by Charles Copley in New York. The...

The Varieties Theatre of New Orleans was established by the Variété Association Theatre Club of New Orleans, a stockholder association of individuals committed to producing local theatre and who oversaw hiring a manager, building a repertory company and attending performances. This provides some context for the three broadsides and the long history and reputation of this theatre.  A series of fires and name changes, and manager changes permit us to date these New Orleans broadsides to 1867.  The broadsides are part of the history of a single theatre and also of the theatre culture of New Orleans for both actors...

This abstract American PennCentral map is a 20th c. route map showing the line's extent east-west from St. Louis, Missouri to Hyannis on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and north-south from Montreal, Canada and Mackinaw City, Michigan to Cairo, Missouri and Norfolk, Virginia. The publisher's primary color choices for the PennCentral map,  electric jade green and blue and especially the choice of red for the rail lines expresses the view that the PennCentral railroad is the lifeblood of the country. The American capital city, Washington, D.C. is denoted with a star and state capitals with circles. Connecting lines owned by other rail...

S.R. Stoddard of Map of the Adirondack Wilderness 1882, the early second edition, is Seneca Ray Stoddard (1843-1917) an American photographer known for his photographs of New York's Adirondack landscapes, its residents, and seasonal visitors. Stoddard also documented the Adirondack region as an artist, writer and cartographer. S.R. Stoddard's photography, art, writings, poetry, maps, guide books and other art work are now also a museum archive. ^1/ These materials at the time they were created in the 1880's and early 1890's were also documentation in service of Stoddard's political advocacy for conservation of the Adirondacks. This advocacy resulted in the...

This 1894 Map of the City of Providence contains fine street detail  and Providence landmarks. The map is a colored lithograph drawn to accompany a City of Providence business directory published in 1896. The purpose of the map was to provide businesses and their customers with a map to locate places of business within the city and means of transportation for shipping, transit and travel.
 

On the back of the map is an advertisement for a Rhode Island local real estate agent. The map would have been useful locating properties on the market.