Osher Map Library Sheet Map Collection

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Algeria Alger and Vicinity Uncontrolled Mosaic [Town Plan of Alger]
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Dimensions: 79.5 cm x 57 cm , on sheet 108 x 73 cm
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Historical Context: Allied invasion of North Africa called Operation Torch started on November 8 through the 16th, 1942. It was a major amphibious assault by the Allies against Axis powers. It opened a second front in the Mediterranean which helped turn the tide of the war.
LC Call Number: G8244.A6 1942 U8
OCLC: 756618362
Accession Number: OML-1942-232
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Algeria Alger and Vicinity Uncontrolled Mosaic [Town Plan of Alger]

[Bird's eye view of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. 1883]
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1883
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Dimensions: 11.5 cm x 20 cm on board 13 x 21 cm
LC Call Number: G3744.L2A3 1883 P6
OCLC: 1501615202
Accession Number: OML-1883-68
[Bird's eye view of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. 1883]

Bird's Eye View of Pittsfield, Merrimack County, N.H. 1884.
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1884
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Dimensions: 9.5 x 18 cm mounted on board 16 x 21 cm
LC Call Number: G3744.P52 1884 N6
OCLC: 1501617008
Accession Number: OML-1884-106
Bird's Eye View of Pittsfield, Merrimack County, N.H. 1884.

Chart No. 9. Fishing grounds near Monhegan Island
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Dimensions: 13.5 x 20 cm neatline , 22 x 26 cm on sheet.
LC Call Number: G3732.M55 1887 U5
OCLC: 1501620140
Accession Number: OML-1887-104
Chart No. 9. Fishing grounds near Monhegan Island

Plan of the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts from original surveys by J.C. Sidney.
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Dimensions: 120 x 82 cm
LC Call Number: G3764.N4 1850 S5
OCLC: 1503898853
Accession Number: OML-1850-80
Plan of the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts from original surveys by J.C. Sidney.

Map of South America: Mitchell's new outline maps no. 7 small series.
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Dimensions: 81 x 85 cm on rollers 71 x 62 cm
LC Call Number: G5200 1872.B8
OCLC: 1503904680
Accession Number: OML-1872-78
Map of South America: Mitchell's new outline maps no. 7 small series.

[ The toad and the flower or the German toad -- Le crapaud et la fleur ou le crapaud allemand ]
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Date/Date Range Published: 1915
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29 x 39 cm on sheet 40 x 50 cm

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The manuscript drawing was created during World War I which began in 1914 and would end in 1918. Germany was often represented as a defeated eagle by the French rooster symbolizing courage and aggressiveness. Synave depicts Germany as a giant toad with a pith helmet and France is the delicate rose with its cities being threatened by the Germans.

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NE 2298.49 1915 S9

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1506740101

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OML-1915-142

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[ The toad and the flower or the German toad -- Le crapaud et la fleur ou le crapaud allemand ]

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Dimensions: 19.5 x 32 cm neatline, 58 x 88 on sheet, 67 x 98 to edge of mount
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LC Call Number: G3701.A5 1943 J4
OCLC: 9550290
Accession Number: OML-1943-178
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