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| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | This map shows the movement of anthracite coal throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ontario, Quebec, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and New York. Iowa, Vermont,... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | This map shows railroads, canals, towns and some lighthouses. Areas of the company lands proper, tin, iron, gold & silver, silver islet, and lead are color... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | International VF-192 tandem dump truck with load of coal. Powered by V8-478 CID gas engine. Painted on the driver's side door: "Black Nugget Coal Mining Co... |
| Date: | 12 1903 |
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| Description: | This manuscript blueprint map shows streets and lots and includes certifications in the left margin. Horizontal streets top to bottom are: Iroquois, Main, ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | This blue line print shows quartzite areas, mines, railroads, and roads. The map covers townships 11-13 north, ranges 4-8 east, in parts of Sauk and Columb... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | View down set of two railroad tracks towards four coal miners posing in front of a mine entrance near a coal car. The caption in the book reads, "Strike-br... |
| Date: | 1782 |
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| Description: | Map of the West Indies and south eastern North America, remarkably detailed, showing cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, mines, plantations, forts, banks, an... |
| Date: | 1783 |
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| Description: | This map is hand-colored and shows the boundaries of British, Spanish, and the newly recognized American claims, as well as the fishing rights granted to F... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | A colorful map of Gilpin County, the central gold region of Colorado, surveyed by Charles W. Morse and George Hill. |
| Date: | 1745 |
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| Description: | Landmark map of the Great Lakes region and one of the most advanced depictions of the lakes and surrounding areas for its time. It is the first map to intr... |
| Date: | 1765 |
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| Description: | Detailed map composed for the London Magazine of the Mississippi River Valley at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. The British colonies themselv... |
| Date: | 1720 |
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| Description: | Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ... |
| Date: | 1782 |
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| Description: | Map of America covering the Rio Grande to the Atlantic Ocean, showing boundaries, the colonies, cities, settlements, Native American lands and villages, m... |
| Date: | 1794 |
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| Description: | Extremely detailed map of the south-eastern states, south from Virginia and east of the Mississippi River. It shows roads and paths, cities, towns, forts, ... |
| Date: | 1781 |
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| Description: | Map of the Southeastern part of the British Colonies in North America, Gulf Coast and Caribbean. It illustrates the of the Spanish and English fleets, part... |
| Date: | 1766 |
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| Description: | Map of the region south of Lake Erie to the Ohio River. It shows forts, towns, Native American towns, mines, roads, mountains, swamps, lakes, and rivers. T... |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of trucks and conveyor belts working in the background of a limestone quarry. Grass and plants with small blossoms are in the foreground at t... |
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| Description: | View of the Cary iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the right foreground. Caption reads: "Cary Mine, Hurley, Wis." |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Two views of Hurley. At the top is the Cary Mine. On the bottom is Silver Street lined with clubs and electric signs. Caption reads: "Greetings from Hurley... |
| Date: | 07 25 1927 |
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| Description: | Men driving tractors pulling trailers, which are being loaded from a hopper at a granite quarry or mine. On the far right is a steam shovel. |
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