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Topographical map of the county of Washington, Maine / |c from actual surveys under the direction of H. F. Walling ; drawn, engraved, printed, colored and mounted at H.F. Walling's Map Establishment.
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Dimensions: 152 x 152 cm
Historical Context: Henry Francis Walling was a notable American civil engineer and cartographer. He was known for the geodetic survey of Massachusetts used to prepare states maps. He also prepared atlases with full maps and scientific description.
LC Call Number: G3733.W4 1861 W3
OCLC: 192048879
Accession Number: OML-1861-131
Topographical map of the county of Washington, Maine / |c from actual surveys under the direction of H. F. Walling ; drawn, engraved, printed, colored and mounted at H.F. Walling's Map Establishment.

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

Makers of the U.S.A.
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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
Makers of the U.S.A.

L'Emprunt de la Liberation
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Dimensions: 80 x 113.5 cm
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LC Call Number: NE 2298.49 1918 F3
OCLC: 1506747848
Accession Number: OML-1918-137
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L'Emprunt de la Liberation

Exposition de Universelle de 1900: plan d'ensemble rez-de-chaussee.
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Dimensions: Map: 37 x 49.5 cm on sheet: 38.5 x 51 cm folds to: 19 x 10 cm
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Historical Context: The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was held in Paris to celebrate past achievements and a move to look forward to the future. Many innovations were displayed at the exposition which included a ferris wheel, a moving sidewalk, escalators, fire engines among other inventions. The exposition opened on April 14th and closed on November 12, 1900.
LC Call Number: G5832.P35 1900
OCLC: 1508882037
Accession Number: OML-1900-225
Exposition de Universelle de 1900: plan d'ensemble rez-de-chaussee.

Birds Eye View of the Centennial Buildings and Grounds. : Fairmount Park, Philadelphia 1876.
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Dimensions: 38 x 58 cm on sheet 50 x 66 cm
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Historical Context: The Centennial Exhibit ws the first official world's fair held in the United States. It was held in Fairmont Park along the Schuylkill River. Herman J. Schwarzmann was appointed the main designer of the exhibit by the Fairmont Park Commission.
LC Call Number: G3824.P5 1876 T6
OCLC: 1509377349
Accession Number: OML-1876-100
Birds Eye View of the Centennial Buildings and Grounds. : Fairmount Park, Philadelphia 1876.

The popular through car line between the East and West : New York, Boston, Chicago, and St. Louis : the Niagara Falls route.
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Dimensions: 39.5 x 99 cm neatline, 42.5 x 101 cm on sheet, 21 x 10 cm folded.
Historical Context: The West Shore Railroad was owned by William Henry Vanderbilt who bought it in 1885 when it was the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway. The agreement was handled by banker J.P.Morgan.
LC Call Number: G3711.P3 1901 W9
OCLC: 1509781251
Accession Number: OML-1901-101
The popular through car line between the East and West : New York, Boston, Chicago, and St. Louis : the Niagara Falls route.

Mappemonde en deux hemispheres.
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Dimensions: 67.5 x 90 cm on sheet 70 x 92.5 cm
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LC Call Number: G3200 1880.D6
OCLC: 1509785694
Accession Number: OML-1880-99
Mappemonde en deux hemispheres.

United Airlines a gay geography of the main line airway.
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16.5 x 12.5 cm

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Depicts early air travel of the 1930's during the Great Depression during the time of popular pictorial mapmaking. 

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G3700 1939.W4

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1517029974

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OML-1939-214

United Airlines a gay geography of the main line airway.