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MAP #: 392A5

CARTOGRAPHER : APPLETON, D. & CO. [?][PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1892

SHORT TITLE : MAP OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

REMAINING TITLE & ID : (NO CARTOUCHE, TOP RIGHT CORNER). SCALE OF FEET (BELOW TITLE). "102 BALTIMORE." (TOP RIGHT MARGIN, ORIENTED LEFT). "FOR MARYLAND, SEE MAP 101." (CENTER RIGHT MARGIN, ORIENTED LEFT). SYMBOLS FOR RAILROADS, UNDERGROUND RAILROADS, AND STREET CAR LINES (UNDER SCALE). COMPASS ROSE (BELOW SYMBOLS). LETTERS FROM "A" ON LEFT TO "P" ON RIGHT (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). NUMBERS FROM "1" AT TOP TO "12" AT BOTTOM (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS). "1 92" (SMALL NUMBERS AT BOTTOM RIGHT, INSIDE NEAT LINE). TABLE OF "REFERENCES." (WITH "DEPOTS" FROM "A" THROUGH "G", "HOTELS." NUMBERED "1" THROUGH "12", "PROMINENT INSTITUTIONS AND BUILDINGS.", NUMBERED "13" THROUGH "56", "CHURCHES." NUMBERED "58" THROUGH "90", AND "PLACES OF AMUSEMENT." NUMBERED "91" THROUGH "99". "COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY THE MATTHEWS-NORTHRUP CO., COMPLETE ENGRAVING & PRINTING WORKS, BUFFALO AND NEW YORK." (CENTER BOTTOM MARGIN). MAP HAS 4 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES ONE MILE APART, MEASURING FROM CITY HALL. THERE IS NOTHING ON THE REVERSE SIDE. THE PAPER HAS NO WATERMARK. THE MAP EXTENDS THROUGH THE BOTTOM LIGHT NEAT LINE. LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1892?
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : NEW YORK
PUBLISHER : D. APPLETON & CO.
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 24.5 X 30.5 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 42,240
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 1 MILE = 1.5 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-152
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : U021-N
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED MAP OF PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : CITY OF BALTIMORE MAP (10)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : KEYED TO THE REFERENCE TABLE.
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : PHILLIPS ATLASES LISTS THE ATLAS.
DESCRIPTION : THIS CITY MAP IS YELLOW, WITH GREEN FOR THE PARKS AND BLUE FOR THE WATER AREAS. THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE MAP IS THE REFERENCE TABLE TO BUILDINGS, DEPOTS, HOTELS, CHURCHES, ETC. WE BELIEVE IT APPEARED IN D. APPLETON & CO.'S THE LIBRARY ATLAS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & CO., 1892.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS MAP HAS NOT BEEN RESEARCHED, BUT IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE CRAM MAP OF BALTIMORE, WHICH APPEARED IN MANY LATE 19TH CENTURY ATLASES.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A GOOD COPY OF THIS MAP, WITH "APPLETON MD. BALTIMORE 1892" WRITTEN IN PENCIL, PRESUMABLY BY THE DEALER WHO TOOK IT FROM AN ATLAS. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF U021-N AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-152.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AMSTERDAM: THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, LTD, A 1971 REPRINT OF A 1909 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, # 969.

March 29, 1992


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