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- Description:
- Map titled "Revised Map of Michigan. Lower Peninsula" copyright 1894 from the Wilton-Smith Company. Depicts counties, cities, and towns in Michigan, as well as several of the Great Lakes and larger bodies of water. Lakes are outlined by blue lines. Michigan is outlined by a yellow line. Counties are outlined by red and yellow lines. Lines of latitude and longitude are indicated along the perimeter of the map. Title block is located on the top right corner of the map. A bar scale of miles is located on the top left corner of the map. Printed text along the bottom right edge reads "Copyright Dec. 1894." Printed text along the bottom left edge reads "The Wilton-Smith Co. Eng'rs & Pub. Detroit, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One "Map of Detroit" with separate red paper cover. The map is 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 "Boydell Bros. White Lead and Color Co." is shown in the upper right corner of the sheet. The map was "Published by Silas Farmer & Co., 31 Monroe Avenue, cor. Farmer Street, Detroit, Mich." at an approximate scale of 1 inch = 0.5 miles and was dated 1897. There is an advertisement for Boydell Bros., White Lead and Color Co., on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Eight panel parallel folded Detroit United Railway interurban brochure with map. The recto includes times for the limited interurban lines between Detroit and Toledo, Port Huron, Flint, and Jackson, as well as a table, dated May 1910, showing fares between different stops, and information about the railway system and about points of interest in Detroit for tourists. The verso is printed with a color map expanding across all six panels, credited to the Calvert Lithographing Company, showing the routes of all of the D.U.R.'s lines spanning from Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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, city boundaries, streetcar lines, and railroad lines. An alphabetical list of street names is also shown along with a list of fire alarm box numbers and locations. In addition, the names of former ribbon farm owners are shown along the top of the map area. The map was "Published by S. Farmer & Co., 35 Monroe Ave., corner Farmer St., Detroit, Mich." The map was drawn by Eugene Robinson, City Surveyor, at a scale of 1 inch = 900 feet and is dated 1863. Separate from the map is the accompanying blue hard-cover entitled "Guide Map of the City of Detroit. Published By Silas Farmer & Co. Municipal Edition".
- Date Issued:
- 1863-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One mylar copy of a map entitled, "Tracing from a Map of Springwells by Lieuts. Macomb & Warner, T.E. [Topographical Engineers], 1841, with the Addition of Outlines of Fort Wayne and Public Grounds, Sept., 1865." A signature beneath the title shows "December 12, 1865, (Sd) [Signed] T. J. Cram, Col. Corps Eng'rs." The map shows the existing topography along the Detroit River from the River Rouge to about 2 miles upstream from Fort Wayne. Several roads are shown including Main Road (now Jefferson Avenue), Wood Road, and Fort Street. Also, several mounded areas are shown in the vicinity of the fort which may be the Indian Mounds that were known to exist in the Delray area of Springwells Township. A small portion of the Canadian side of the Detroit River is shown in the area of Sandwich (Windsor), Ontario. A note in the lower right corner area of the map shows the scale as "1 Foot to a Mile" or 1:5,280.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 "compiled by Eugene Robinson" 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 top of the map.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Eight-panel accordion-folded brochure from the Detroit United Railway containing a schedule, rates, a map of further routes connected from Toledo, and information on sites along their lines on the recto, and a large color stylized illustrated map of the company's routes, spanning from Detroit to Toledo, Jackson, Flint, and Port Huron, produced by the Calvert Lithograph Company on the verso. The brochure's cover is red with in insert illustration of a trolley car within a scene of a car traveling along tracks beside a lake and the woods.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled, "Farmer's New Map of Wayne County, Michigan." The map is printed in red, green, and black text on a white background and shows cities, townships, major roads, railroad lines, population statistics, and the names of property owners in the county as of 1904. The map was compiled by Arthur John Farmer and was drawn by Jethro Brown. A brief county history is shown in the lower left and right corner areas of the map.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One street map of Detroit and eastern Wayne County (with portions of southern Oakland and Macomb Counties) that was published by the Topping-Sanders Company, Printers. The upper Detroit River is also shown along with Windsor, Ontario, and nearby communities. The map is printed in black ink on thin white paper at an approximate scale of 1.5 inches = 1 mile. It shows streets, street names, city and township names, section numbers, railroad lines, and private claim numbers. A typewritten inset table in the lower left corner lists "Proposed Parks" and "Street Widenings and Openings." Several parks, land parcels, and streets have been hand-colored with various ink colors. The map was "Compiled and drawn by Wm. Sauer," and has a copyright date of 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One street map of Detroit and Eastern Wayne County that was published by the Topping-Sanders Company. The multicolor map is printed on paper at an approximate scale of 1.5 inches = 1 mile. It shows streets, street names, city and township boundaries, section numbers, railroad and streetcar lines, and recent street names changes in Detroit. Two inset advertisements in the upper corners promote the real estate company of "Drennan & Seldon, Inc." A large note in the lower left corner of the map shows "Dynamic Detroit - Two Million in 1930. Keep This Map and Watch the City Grow." The map was "compiled and drawn by Wm. Sauer."
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
