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MAP #: 394R6

CARTOGRAPHER : RAND, McNALLY & COMPANY [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1894

SHORT TITLE : MAP OF BALTIMORE.

REMAINING TITLE & ID : (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). "RAND, McNALLY & CO.'s INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD" (ABOVE TITLE). "278" (TOP RIGHT MARGIN, ORIENTED LEFT). "279" (BOTTOM RIGHT MARGIN, ORIENTED LEFT). "RAND, Mc.NALLY & COMPANY'S INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD." (CENTER RIGHT MARGIN, ORIENTED LEFT). SCALES IN STATUTE MILES AND KILOMETERS (RIGHT OF TITLE). "RAND McNALLY & Co.'S NEW BUSINESS ATLAS MAP OF BALTIMORE. COPYRIGHT 1891 RAND, McNALLY & CO." (BOTTOM RIGHT). NUMBERS FROM "1" AT THE TOP TO "35" AT THE BOTTOM (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS). LETTERS FROM "A" ON THE LEFT TO "Z" ON THE RIGHT (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). INSET ENTITLED "MAP OF BALTIMORE AND ENVIRONS", WITH TWO SCALES (TOP RIGHT CORNER, 21.2 X 21.2 CM.). ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF PAGE 278 IS A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF MARYLAND, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND OF DELAWARE. ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF PAGE 279 IS AN UNTITLED MAP OF MARYLAND, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND OF DELAWARE. THE PAPER HAS NO WATERMARK. LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1894
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : CHICAGO
PUBLISHER : RAND, McNALLY & CO.
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 66.0 X 48.5 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 15,300
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-178
# 2 : MSA SC1399-180
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : U020-F
# 2 : U020-F
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 BY NUMBER AND LETTER.
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : PHILLIPS ATLASES LISTS THE ATLAS.
DESCRIPTION : THIS COLORED MAP NAMES THE STREETS AND SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT BUILDINGS OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. IT NOTES CEMETARIES, PARKS, DOCKS, FERRIES AND NAMES SEVERAL OF THE WHARVES ACCORDING TO OWNER. THE LOCATION OF THE RAILROAD LINES INTO THE CITY IS ALSO GIVEN. THE MAP WAS INCLUDED AS PAGES 278 AND 279 OF THE 1894 ISSUE OF RAND McNALLY'S INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD, PUBLISHED IN CHICAGO.

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

EDITION & STATE INFO : THE MAP WAS PROBABLY INCLUDED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF ATLASES ALTHOUGH NO STUDY OF THIS HAS BEEN DONE BY THE WRITER.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS TWO EXCELLENT COPIES OF THIS MAP, BOTH WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS AND MAP OF MARYLAND, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND DELAWARE. THE FIRST HAS AN ACQ. # OF U020-F AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-178. THE SECOND COPY HAS AN ACQ. # OF U020-F AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-180.

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, # 991, 992, 993, 1439.

March 28, 1992


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