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When this view was drawn and published by Thaddeus M. Fowler, Tulsa was less than 20 years old. It had been planned by J. Gus Patton under the direction of a federal town site commission on land formerly occupied by the Creek Indian Nation. The discovery of oil nearby provided the impetus for its prosperity and rapid growth. Fowler's earlier view of Oklahoma City only 10 months after its founding is listed below.
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| Size: 15" x 35" - Black & White, Cover-stock Paper: $32.50 |
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This version of John Melish's multi-sheet map published a year earlier provides a wealth of detail about the new nation and its neighbors. The eastern part of the United States and adjoining portions of Canada are mapped in great detail and show main highways as well as scores of towns and cities. Mexico, still controlled by Spain, extends far north into unexplored territory. For the Missouri Territory and the Northwest, Melish drew on the latest information supplied by Lewis and Clark. Colored boundaries in two tones add to the appeal of this important map.
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| Size: 14” x 21¼” - Color, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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The east half of the country is shown on this highly colored map, extending to about the 103rd Meridian. It marks "the Military Stations, Forts, & c.," as well as Pony Express, U.S. Mail routes, railroads, turnpikes, and canals. J. H. Colton prepared it for the Rebellion Record, a short-lived periodical subtitled a "Diary of American Events," published in New York by G.P. Putnam.
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| Size: 14¾” x 15¾” - Color, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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This large railroad map includes virtually every stop along the major lines across the country. In a period when the standard gauge and steel rail were making an enormous difference in transcontinental shipping, Rand McNally captured the entire system just before passage of the 1887 Interstate Commerce Act, subjecting it to federal regulation. Reproduced under license from Rand McNally.
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| Size: 21½” x 33½” - Color, Text Weight Paper: $45.00 |
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Two years before this lithograph was published, Urbana had been selected as the site for the new state college of Illinois. Its location can be seen at the upper left, and its first building is depicted in one of the two inset views flanking the title on this attractively colored view.
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| Size: 15½" x 19¾" - Color, Cover-stock Paper: $27.50 |
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Two years before this lithograph was published, Urbana had been selected as the site for the new state college of Illinois. Its location can be seen at the upper left, and its first building is depicted in one of the two inset views flanking the title on this attractively colored view.
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| Size: 15½" x 19¾" - Color, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
| Virginia and Maryland |
Date: 1676 |
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Similar in style to John Smith's early map but incorporating the many placenames of Augustine Hermann's later survey, this map from the 1676 edition of John Speed's world atlas is thus a unique combination of cartographic tradition. It is also a visual delight, with its elaborate cartouche, quaint delineation of mountains, and lovely color.
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| Size: 14½” x 19” - Color, Text-weight paper: $10.00 |
| Virginia and Maryland |
Date: 1755 |
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Published in France by Robert de Vaugondy, this detailed and delicately colored engraving was based on the map prepared by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson in 1751. It includes all of Delaware and the southern portions of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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| Size: 15¼” x 20¼” - Color, Text-weight paper: $10.00 |
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Because most western mining towns grew quickly and often did not exist for more than a few years, plans of such communities are rare. At this Nevada silver center, however, an official survey was carried out. The long, narrow blocks reflect the hillside location. Our facsimile is reduced to half the size of the large original lithograph.
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| Size: 15¾" x 35¼" - Black & White, Cover-stock Paper: $32.50 |
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Five years before A. E. Matthews issued this toned lithograph, a town site company laid out the streets for this Montana community shortly after gold had been discovered in Alder Gulch. In 1865 it became the territorial capital, and its streets, saloons, dance halls, and gambling dens bustled with activity.
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| Size: 12" x 20¾" - Toned, Cover-stock Paper: $27.50 |
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