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Map showing the boulevards and park system and twelve miles of lake frontage of the City of Chicago

Title
Map showing the boulevards and park system and twelve miles of lake frontage of the City of Chicago / engraved by Rand, McNally & Co.
Author
Rand McNally and Company, creator, engraver, publisher.
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : Rand McNally & Co., map engravers, 1887.

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 15-5851Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Description
1 map : color; 58 x 43 cm, on sheet 72 x 56 cm
Alternative Title
  • City of Chicago
  • Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US066.1.04
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Also shows horse car lines, steam railroads, proposed boulevards, railroad depots, and lighthouse locations.
  • Scale indicated by one mile concentric circles from court house.
  • Includes street index in margins.
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by Rand McNally & Co., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5851
OCLC
859202721
Author
Rand McNally and Company, creator, engraver, publisher.
Title
Map showing the boulevards and park system and twelve miles of lake frontage of the City of Chicago / engraved by Rand, McNally & Co.
Publisher
Chicago, Ill. : Rand McNally & Co., map engravers, 1887.
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:33,500 (W 87°56ʹ24ʺ--W 87°31ʹ25ʺ/N 42°01ʹ23ʺ--N 41°38ʹ39ʺ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 2, page 534, column 2, no. 2
Source
US066.1.04
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Place of Publication
United States Illinois Chicago.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5851
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