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- Description:
- One "Map of the City of Detroit." The map was printed in black, red, green, and blue ink on white paper and shows streets, street names, railroad lines, streetcar lines, parks, and cemeteries within the city limits. In addition, the names of former ribbon farm owners (with private claim numbers) are shown along the shoreline of the Detroit River. An advertisement for "Michell's New Clothing House" is shown in red text across the top of the sheet. The map was printed by "R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers, Detroit, Mich." at a scale of 2.5 inches = 1 mile and was dated 1895. There is a detached pocket cover entitled "Mitchell's New Clothing House."
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled "Map of the City of Detroit" that was "published exclusively for J. W. Weeks & Co.'s City Directory." The map was "revised and corrected by Eugene Robinson, Surveyor," and was printed by the Calvert Lithograph Company It is printed in black and red ink on white paper and shows streets, street names, and railroads in the city. A grid of red lines and letters is also shown which corresponds to the alphabetical index of street names that is shown on the right side of the sheet. The names of some of the old ribbon farm owners are listed along the upper left side of the map. Several numbers and ward numbers/boundaries are handwritten in black and blue ink at various locations on the sheet.
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Map of Detroit, showing enlargements by various acts of the legislature, copyrighted 1891 by Clarence Monroe Burton. The map shows the city of Detroit split into numerous sections, indicated by different colors including red, green, brown, and tan. Each section includes text indicating the day on which the act that incorporated the section of land into the city was passed. Lines of farms and private land claims are also indicated. Fort Wayne is shown on the western side of the map.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color map titled "A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances," published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. in 1850. The map shows the state of Michigan with each different colored block representing a different county. The title block and it located on the upper right corner of the map, under which are boxes which list "Steam Boat Routes" and the distance from "Detroit to Fort Howard." The title block also contains the legend, which indicates the symbols used to designate "Capital," "County Towns," "Common Do.," "Railroads," "Do. in progress," and "Do. proposed," and also the scale used to indicate the distances between towns. The inset located on the left side of the map shows the "Western Part of Michigan." The perimeter of the map contains lines of latitude and longitude. The map is surrounded by a decorative green border. Text underneath the border on the lower left corner of the map reads "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1850, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., in the Clerk's office of the District court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
- Date Issued:
- 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- (a) Map. "Mitchell's Travellers Guide the United States. A map of the Roads, Distances, Steamboat and Canal routes &c. by J.H. Young Philadelphia. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, 1833. Engraved on steel by .H. Young & D. Haines. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1832 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerks Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District, of Pennsylvania." Scale approx. 80 miles to the inch, vignettes of Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Albany, and Niagara. (b) Index. Includes Steam-Boat and Canal Routes, Statistical Table of the united States, Different Classes of Inhabitants, Heights of the Principal Mountains and Hills in the United States, Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the United States, Lengths of the Principal Rail-roads (Finished or in progress), and Lengths of Principal Canals (Finished or in progress) (c) Black and gold hard cover entitled "Mitchell's Travelers Guide Through the United States".
- Date Issued:
- 1833-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled "Carte Nouvelle de L'Amerique Angloise Contenant La Virginie, Mary-Land, Caroline, Penssylvania, Nouvelle Iork, N: Iarssey, N: France, et Les Terres Nouvellement Decouerte Dresse sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles [New Map of English America Containing Virginia, Maryland, Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, New France, and the New Lands Discovered Based Upon the Relations of More News]." The map is printed in black ink on a slightly yellowed linen paper. Red, yellow, blue, and green lines have been used to highlight boundaries and topographic features. It was published by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam in 1700 just one year before the founding of Detroit in 1701. The map covers the area of the United States and Canada east of the Mississippi River from Hudson Bay southward to the Gulf of Mexico. The names of principal lakes, rivers, forts, towns, and Indian tribal regions are shown in French along with lines of latitude and longitude. A small amount of text is in Spanish and English. An inset map on the left side shows Boston and the adjacent Boston Harbor area.
- Date Issued:
- 1700-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled "Guide Map of the City of Detroit." The map is printed in black ink on white paper and shows streets, street names, churches, ward numbers and boundaries, and railroad lines. Ward boundaries are shown in pale green lines. An alphabetical list of street names is shown at the top along with a list of recent street name changes. Also, the names of former ribbon farm owners are shown along the top of the map area with property boundaries shown in light dashed lines. The map was "Published by S. Farmer & Co., 35 Monroe Ave., corner Farmer St., Detroit, Mich." It was drawn by "Eugene Robinson, City Surveyor," at a scale of 1 inch = 900 feet and is dated 1872. The map was printed by "Corrie's Detroit Lithograph Office." The names and addresses of two advertisers are also printed on the map, namely, "Waterman's Real Estate Exchange" and James W. Frisbie, Dealer in Dry Goods, Millinery, Cloaks, Yankee Notions, & c."
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled "Plan of Elmwood Cemetery." The map is printed in black ink and shows the layout of the cemetery including streets, section letters, and lot numbers. Some individual and family names are shown on the map in larger family plot/private mausoleum areas. The map is shown at a scale of 1:500 and was "Surveyed and drawn under the direction of the Board of Trustees by David Molitor, C. E. [Civil Engineer], U. S. Assist. Engineer, Detroit, Mich., May, 1896."
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Map, "Handy Pocket Map of the City of Detroit Michigan" published by P.B. Williams in 1888. The map shows downtown Detroit, with circles emanating from Campus Martius in half mile increments out to 4 miles. The map is bound to the west by Artillery Street, to the south by the Detroit River, to the east by Cadillac Boulevard, and to the North by Williams Street. Red lines highlight some of the major streets and avenues.
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Map of the City of Detroit, published by Silas Farmer & Company in 1899 for the Eighteenth Christian Endeavor International Convention, which took place in the Detroit on July 5-10, 1899. The map is a fold-out map enclosed in a red booklet. In addition to the fold-out map, the booklet contains sixteen pages of "Condensed Information and Helpful Hints" for use at the convention, including instructions for registering for the convention, tips for navigating the city and an index for the booklet. The back of the booklet features an advertisement for the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co. Badge from this convention is located in objects, 2018.011.033 CRC 8-10-2
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
