Research Catalog

Title

Map of Cook County, Illinois / compiled and drawn from record and actual surveys by W.L. Flower.

Author

Flower, W. L. (Surveyor)

Publication

• Chicago, Ill. : S.H. Burhans & J. Van Vechten, 1862.
• Chicago : engraved, printed, colored & mounted by Edw. Mendel

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mendel, Edward, 1827-1884
• Burhans, S. H.
• Van Vechten, J.

Description

1 map : mounted on linen, hand colored; 167 x 126 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US063.2.01

Subjects

• Landowners
• Real property
• Maps
• Cadastral maps
• Illinois > Cook County
• Chicago (Ill.) > Maps
• Cook County (Ill.) > Maps
• Landowners > Illinois > Cook County > Maps
• Real property > Illinois > Cook County > Maps

Genre/Form

• Cadastral maps.
• Maps.

Note

• Includes business directories, list of post offices, advertisements, views of public, residential, and commercial properties.
• Insets: Plat of Taylorsport -- Plat of Evanston -- Plat of Henrytown -- Diagram of the State of Illinois -- Plat of Forestville -- Plat of Long John -- Plat of Matteson -- Plat of Lake View -- Plat of Cazenovia -- Plat of Linden Grove -- Plat of Winnetka -- Plat of Schleswig -- Plat of Athens -- Plat of Thornton -- Plat of Calumet -- Plat of Bremen -- Plat of Pine Grove --Plat of Hyde Park -- Plat of Des Plaines -- Plat of Hartford [and] Plat of Thornton Station -- Plat of Mount Pleasant -- Plat of Brickton -- Niles -- Plat of Dunton -- Plat of Lemont -- Plat of Bowmanville -- Plat of Bloom Station -- Plat of Oakridge -- Plat of Andersonville -- Plat of Harlem -- Plat of Jefferson -- Plat of Palatine -- Keepotaw & Vicinity -- Plat of Barrington --Plat of Canfield -- Plat of Minnehaha -- Plat of Wheeling -- Plat of Brighton -- Map of Blue Island -- Plat of Rand -- Plat of Cooksville -- Graceland Cemetery -- Plat of Cleaverville -- Map of Chicago.

Indexed In (note)

• LC Land ownership maps
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Additional Formats (note)

• Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5820

LCCN

2013593075

OCLC

828074119

Author

Flower, W. L. (Surveyor), compiler, draftsman.

Title

Map of Cook County, Illinois / compiled and drawn from record and actual surveys by W.L. Flower.

Publisher

Chicago, Ill. : S.H. Burhans & J. Van Vechten, 1862.

Manufacturer

Chicago : engraved, printed, colored & mounted by Edw. Mendel

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:52,000 (W 88°16ʹ--W 87°31ʹ/N 42°09ʹ--N 41°27ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

LC Land ownership maps, 105

Additional Formats

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 3, page 333, column 3, no. 7

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy is divided into 8 sheets 86 x 40 cm, or smaller; imperfect: lacking several pieces of map, especially along the top.

Source

US063.2.01

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Library of Congress copy image

Library of Congress copy image

Place of Publication

United States Illinois Chicago.

Added Author

Mendel, Edward, 1827-1884, engraver, printer.

Burhans, S. H., publisher.

Van Vechten, J., publisher.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5820 [8 sheets]