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- Description:
- Plat map of Independence Township McAlpine's Atlas of Oakland County Michigan
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
- Description:
- Plat map of Rochester Oakland County, Michigan
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
- Description:
- One street map entitled "Federal Map of Detroit" that was "especially designed for R. L. Polk & Co." The map shows city streets, street names, city and township boundaries, section numbers, streetcar lines, and railroads. The names of former landowners of ribbon farms are shown along the Detroit River along with related parcel numbers and boundary lines. An alphabetical list of street names is shown on the verso. The map was printed by Federal Lithograph Company of Detroit at a scale of 1 inch = 3750 feet and is dated 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One Canadian topographic survey map entitled "Ontario, Windsor Sheet - Essex, Kent, and Lambton and portions of Elgin, Middlesex, and Huron Counties." The map area includes the Ontario shoreline region from the southern half of Lake Huron to the northern shore of Lake Erie and also Pelee Island. The adjacent Michigan and Ohio shorelines are also shown. The map was prepared by the Department of the Interior, Canada, at a scale of 1:250,000 and is dated 1916. The map includes details such as lakes, rivers, cities, towns, roads, railroads, Indian reservations, and some elevations as well as township names, township boundaries, concession and section numbers. Water areas are shaded pale blue and land areas are white with wide colored lines along county boundaries.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled "Sketch of the Public Surveys in Michigan." The map is printed in black ink on white paper and shows the principal meridian and base line for the public land survey of the state along with township boundaries as well as township and range numbers. Printed text beneath the "Explanations" section on the lower left side of the map shows "Surveyor General's Office, Detroit, November 5, 1849. Lucius Lyon, Sur'r Gen'l." and "Lith. by E. Weber & Co., Balto."
- Date Issued:
- 1849-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Map titled "Michigan Isochronic Map" representing isochrones throughout Michigan at 10 year intervals. The title block is located on the left hand side of the map near, with printed text underneath reading "Isochrones are at 10 year intervals Map is based on over 500 dates of settlement." A copyright statement is located on the bottom left corner of the map reading "Copyright February 1948 Compiled & Drawn by Andrew D. Perejda Wayne University, Dep't of Geography February 1948 Wayne University Press." A bar scale representing miles is located underneath the copyright statement, on the bottom left edge of the map. Lines of latitude and longitude are represented around the perimeter of the map. Signed text on the top right corner of the map reads "For Mrs. Stones: With Compliments & Best Wishes A.D. Perejda". The map is mounted on cloth/linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One limited edition print entitled, "Plan of the Fort at Detroit, 1760." The color drawing is shown at a scale of 1 inch = 40 feet and shows the street and building layout inside the fort stockade. A symbol legend in the lower left corner identifies military buildings within the fort. An inset drawing at the lower center area shows a "View from the West." Small printed text at the lower left corner of the print shows "Authorized Bicentennial Project. No. 27 of 2000." Small printed text at the lower center edge shows "Published by the Historic Memorials Society of Detroit. From the original in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library, Copyright 1974."
- Date Issued:
- 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map sheet entitled "Part of Wards 11 & 13, Detroit." The map (Plate 9) covers an area bounded by the Detroit River on the south, Joseph Campau Avenue on the west, McDougall Street on the north, and Mt. Elliott Avenue on the east. It is drawn at a scale of 1 inch = 200 feet and is printed in black, green, pale red, and pale yellow ink. It shows streets, houses, lots, lot numbers, water mains, commercial buildings, factories, and railroads. Inset maps of Elmwood and Mt. Elliott Cemeteries are shown in the upper left corner of the sheet. The map sheet was part of the "Atlas of the City of Detroit and Suburbs" which was published in 1885 in New York by Elisha Robinson and Roger H. Pidgeon.
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled "The Rand-McNally New Commercial Atlas of the Great Lakes and Vicinity, Showing the Navigation Routes, Connecting Railroads and Principal Ports." The color map is printed across pages XVI and XVII of the "Commercial Atlas of America" and shows the entire Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada. Inset maps in the upper portion of the sheet show the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair area and also the Welland Canal. Tables in the upper portion give information about quantities of bulk cargo shipped along with a list of principal cities in the region. Printed text on the verso gives information about steamship lines, canals, railroads, and irrigation projects. The map is dated 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled "An Improved Edition of a Map of the Surveyed Part of the Territory of Michigan by Silas Farmer, 1835." The map is printed in black ink on white paper and includes color lines at the map border and county borders. It shows the state, county, and township boundary lines in the southern portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan as well as northern Indiana and Ohio. The principal meridian and base line for Michigan are shown along with township and range numbers for the public land survey of the state. Cities, towns, and major rivers are also indicated. Areas of private (French) claims are shown along the Raisin River and Detroit River. Inset maps are shown for the Straits of Mackinac, Green Bay, and Iowa County near the junction of the Mississippi and Little Platte Rivers. Lines of latitude are also shown and lines of longitude are given relative to "Washington City" (Washington, D.C.). Printed text beneath the title indicates that the map was engraved by "J. [John] Farmer." Detached is the leather hard-cover entitled "Farmer's Map of Michigan".
- Date Issued:
- 1835-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
