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Lake Winnepesaukee New Hampshire Pictorial Map
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1960
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Dimensions: 52 x 60 cm folded to 15 x 19 cm
Historical Context: Lake Winnepesaukee is the largest lake in New Hampshire and has been a popular tourist destination for more than a century. The Abenaki named the lake Winnepesaukee which has two meanings: "Smile of the Great Spirit" or "Beautiful water in a high place". The Winnepesaukee people, a sub tribe of the Penacook lived and fished in the area.
LC Call Number: G3742.W7 1960 N3
OCLC: 1390130094
Accession Number: OML-1960-277
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Lake Winnepesaukee New Hampshire Pictorial Map

The Story Map of the West Indies
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Dimensions: H 32 x W 40 cm
LC Call Number: G4900.A5 1950 .C6
OCLC: 872330844
Accession Number: OML-1936-191
The Story Map of the West Indies

Exercier - Platz in Sans Souci auf Hayti
Date/Date Range Produced: 1813
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Dimensions: 34 x 43 cm on sheet 43 x 53 cm
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LC Call Number: G4944.M38 1813 K8
OCLC: 1390649803
Accession Number: OML-1813-15
Exercier - Platz in Sans Souci auf Hayti

God Save Ireland
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1895
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Dimensions: 59 cm x 73 cm.
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Historical Context: The broadside depicts Ireland in the throes of political and social turmoil brought on by harsh British rule and a series of natural disasters including the Famine of the 1840's. It is also a way to persuade the Irish to come to the United States for a better life as illustrated with the figures of Columbia handing Erin representing Ireland a sword for deliverance from the problems of the country. In the end thousands of Irish left for America to try and better their lives.
LC Call Number: DA955 1895.G3
OCLC: 1391238487
Accession Number: OML-1895-113
God Save Ireland

Pictorial lunar map
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1963
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Dimensions: 87 cm x 85 cm
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OCLC: 5474400
Accession Number: MO-1963-208
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Donation Date: Mar 7th, 2013
Pictorial lunar map

A general chart of the island of Newfoundland with the rocks & soundings by James Cook and Michael Lane, surveyors, and others.
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1775
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Dimensions: 55 x 56 cm
LC Call Number: G3436 P5 1775.C6
OCLC: 425957764
Accession Number: OML-1775-33
A general chart of the island of Newfoundland with the rocks & soundings by James Cook and Michael Lane, surveyors, and others.

Medical Events in North America
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1950
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Dimensions: 53cm x 77 cm
Historical Context: Map shows the progress of medicine and accomplishments in the field by numerous scientists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Abbott Laboratories which used this as a promotion for its pharmaceuticals was founded in 1888 by Dr. Wallace C. Abbott of Chicago. During World War II it led an effort to ramp up production of penicillin. It continues to focus on a variety of general pharmaceuticals.
LC Call Number: G3301.E55 1950 C6
OCLC: 1393654741
Accession Number: OML-1950-245
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Medical Events in North America

Map of the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1876
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Dimensions: 127cm x 124 cm
OCLC: 1037493288
Accession Number: OML-1876-96
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Donation Date: Aug 8th, 2023
Map of the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Print of the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg by Paul Philippoteaux
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1885
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Dimensions: 38 cm x 41 cm
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Accession Number: OML-1885-83.2
Print of the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg by Paul Philippoteaux

State of Maine Catholic Churches and Missions
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Date/Date Range Produced: 1951
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Dimensions: 79 x 51 cm on sheet 85 cm x 56 cm
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LC Call Number: G3731.E42 1951 G7
OCLC: 1399970158
Accession Number: OML-1951-223
State of Maine Catholic Churches and Missions