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A geographically correct map of the state of Texas. Published by the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Compiled from actual surveys and containing all changes in lines of counties up to Sept. 1st, 1876. (1878)
who: Texas and Pacific Railway; The Texas & Pacific Railway Company; Woodward, Tiernan & Hale what: Railroad; Land Development; Timetable Map when: Pacific Railroad; 1878 where: Texas; Oklahoma; Indian Territory

Approach to Twin Peaks as seen from Market Street. (By Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. 1905)
who: (Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H.); City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press; Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H. what: Land Development; City Atlas; View when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California; Twin Peaks (San Francisco, Calif.); Market Street (San Francisco, Calif.)

Bird's eye view of Honey Lake Valley. Lassen County California. Honey Lake Valley Land & Water Co. Room 6 Flood Building. San Francisco. (1891?)
who: Honey Lake Valley Land and Water Company; Honey Lake Valley Land & Water Company; Taylor, L. H. (Leon Henry), b. 1863 what: Land Development; Separate Map; View when: 1891 where: California; Lassen County (Calif.); Honey Lake Valley (Calif.)

Bird's-eye perspective of the City from the east, showing the proposed changes. (By Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. 1905)
who: (Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H.); City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press; Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H. what: Land Development; City Atlas; Atlas Map; View when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

Bird's-eye perspective of the City from Twin Peaks, showing the proposed changes. (By Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. 1905)
who: (Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H.); City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press; Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H. what: Land Development; City Atlas; Atlas Map; View when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

Birds-eye view of National City, San Diego County, California. W.W. Elliott Lith., S.F. Published by Frank P. Burgess and Co., proprietors of National City Record. (1887?)
who: W.W. Elliott & Co.; San Diego Land and Town Company; Frank P. Burgess and Co.; National City record what: Land Development; Separate Map; View when: 1887 where: National City (Calif.); California; San Diego Bay Region (Calif.)

Claremont Heights Subdivision No. 1. Choice Berkeley villa sites. W.F. McClure, City Engineer of Berkeley. Patterson, Smith & Co., Inc., 2107 University Avenue, Berkeley, Cal. (1910?)
who: McClure, W. F. (Wilbur F.); Patterson, Smith & Co. what: Land Development; Advertising; Separate Map when: 1910 where: Oakland (Calif.); California

(Contents to) Report on a plan for San Francisco by Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. Presented to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors by the Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco. Edited by Edward F. O'Day. September, MCMV. Published by the City.
who: Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H.; City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press what: Land Development; City Atlas; Index Page; Title Page when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

(Contents to) Report on a plan for San Francisco by Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. Presented to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors by the Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco. Edited by Edward F. O'Day. September, MCMV. Published by the City.
who: Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H.; City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press what: Land Development; City Atlas; Index Page when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

(Covers to) Das Red River Thal in Minnesota und Nord-Dakota. Das beste und fruchtbarste Land in America. Die Getreidekammer der Welt. Ein gutes Heim und Reichthum fur Deutsche Landwirthe.
who: Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.); Great Northern Eisenbahn what: Railroad; Land Development; Timetable Map; Covers when: 1892 where: U.S. Mid West; U.S. West; Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)

(Covers to) Guide to San Diego Bay Region, California containing reliable and valuable information concerning the products and prospects of the country. A bird's eye view of National City, San Diego, and surrounding country and especially showing the advantages of property now offered for sale by the San Diego Land & Town Co. ... Record Print, National City, Cal. (1887?)
who: W.W. Elliott & Co.; San Diego Land and Town Company; Frank P. Burgess and Co.; National City record what: Land Development; Separate Map; View; Covers when: 1887 where: California; San Diego County (Calif.); San Diego Bay Region (Calif.)

(Covers to) Map showing land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in Western Washington and Northern Oregon. Corrected up to August 20, 1888 ... Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works, Buffalo, N.Y.
who: Northern Pacific Railroad Company; Matthews, Northrup & Co.; Matthews-Northrup Company; Rand McNally and Company what: Railroad; Land Development; Pocket Map; Covers when: 1888 where: U.S. West; Washington; Oregon; Idaho

(Covers to) Map showing surveyed portion of land grant of Northern Pacific Railroad Company from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Montana boundary line ... (1895)
who: Northern Pacific Railroad Company; The Evening Wisconsin Co.; Evening Wisconsin Co. what: Railroad; Land Development; Pocket Map; Covers when: 1895 where: North Dakota

(Covers to) Report on a plan for San Francisco by Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. Presented to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors by the Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco. Edited by Edward F. O'Day. September, MCMV. Published by the City.
who: Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H.; City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press what: Land Development; City Atlas; Covers when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

(Covers to) Township map of Peninsular Florida issued by the Associated Railway Land Department of Florida. 1890 ... Copyright, 1890, for the Associated Railway Land Department of Florida, By D.H. Elliott, General Land Agent. Matthews, Northrup & Co. Buffalo, New York.
who: Associated Railway Land Dept of Florida; D.H. Elliott, General Land Agent, Associated Railway Land Department of Florida.; Matthews-Northrup Company what: Railroad; Land Development; Pocket Map; Covers when: 1890 where: Florida

(Covers to) Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line. The Great American Over-land Route. Rand, McNally & Co., Printers, Engravers and Electrotypers, 77 and 79 Madison Street, Chicago.
who: Union Pacific Railroad Company; Central Pacific Railroad Company; Rand McNally and Company what: Railroad; Land Development; Pocket Map; Timetable Map; Covers when: 1879 where: United States

(Covers to:) Map of the state of Texas. Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Map Engr's St. Louis. Texas Land and Immigration Co. St. Louis, Mo. (1876)
who: Texas Land and Immigration Company; Woodward, Tiernan & Hale what: Land Development; Railroad; Pocket Map; Covers when: 1876 where: Texas

(Covers to:) The Lone Star guide descriptive of counties on the line of the International and Great Northern Railroad of Texas ... Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Printers, St. Louis.
who: International & Great Northern Railroad; Rand McNally and Company; Woodward, Tiernan & Hale what: Railroad; Land Development; Pamphlet; Covers when: 1878 where: U.S. Mid West; U.S. South

(Covers to:) The Texas and Pacific Railway. The shortest line to the great cotton grain and stock regions of Texas ... Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Printers, St. Louis.
who: Texas and Pacific Railway; The Texas & Pacific Railway Company; Woodward, Tiernan & Hale what: Railroad; Land Development; Timetable Map; Covers when: Pacific Railroad; 1878 where: Texas

El Rancho Cotati, Sonoma Co., Cal. (Published by Reynolds & Proctor, Santa Rosa, Cal., 1898)
who: (Reynolds & Proctor); Reynolds & Proctor what: Agriculture; Land Development; County Atlas; View; Atlas Map when: 1898 where: Cotati (Calif.); California; Rancho Cotate (Calif.)

Great Northern Railway line and connections. (with:) Karte des Red River Thales in vergrossertem Masstabe. Knight, Leonard & Co., engr's., Chi(cago)
who: Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.); Great Northern Eisenbahn; Knight, Leonard & Company what: Railroad; Land Development; Timetable Map when: 1892 where: U.S. Mid West; U.S. West; Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)

Map no. 3. Salt marsh and tide lands situate in the city and county of San Francisco. To be sold at public auction by order of the Board of Tide Land Commissioners by Talbert & Leet, auctioneers, at their sales rooms no. 526 California Street, San Francisco. Sale to commence Friday Nov. 26th, 1869. B.F. Washington, H.P. Coon, L.L Bullock, Wm. S. Byrne, Secretary, Tide Land Commissioners. G.F. Allardt, Surveyor & Chief Engineer. C.H. Baker Lith., S.F.
who: (California) Board of Tide Land Commissioners; Allardt, G. F.; G.H. Baker, Lith.; Baker, Geo. H. what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1869 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

Map of Berkeley, California. W.F. McClure, City Engineer. Patterson, Smith & Co., Inc., successors to R.R. Patterson, Real Estate and Insurance, 2107 University Avenue ... General agents for Claremont Heights Tract. (1910?)
who: McClure, W. F. (Wilbur F.); Patterson, Smith & Co. what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1910 where: Berkeley (Calif.); California

Map of Berkeley. Published by Carnall & Eyre, dealers in Berkeley Real Estate. Compiled by Joseph Smith, Oakland. From the records of Alameda Co., Cal. Lith. A. Waldstein, S.F. (1880)
who: Smith, Joseph, draftsman; Carnall & Eyre; Waldstein, A. (Abraham), d. 1888 what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1880 where: Berkeley (Calif.); California

Map of Dakota. Drawn From Official Plats Of Public Surveys, And Published In The Interest Of Immigration By The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. Copyright, 1882, by Rand, McNally & Co., Map Publishers, Chicago, Ill. Rand, McNally & Co., Engr's Chicago ...
who: Rand McNally and Company; Rand McNally what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1882 where: North Dakota; South Dakota

Map of North Galveston, Texas. North Galveston. The mainland city on Galveston Bay. Money, experience and enterprise will make this beautiful location into a thriving city within a marvelously short time ... D.R. Beatty, E.H. Porter, managers, Galveston, Texas. (1891)
who: Galveston (Tex.); City of Galveston); (Galveston, Texas) what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1891 where: San Leon (Tex.); Texas

Map of Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. William J. Dingee, agent. For the purchase, sale, appraisal and care of real estate. 460 & 462 Eighth Street near Broadway, Oakland. M.G. King, C.E., surveyor. Entered ... in the year 1878, by Woodward & Taggart in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. Galloway Litho Co., 418-422 Commercial St., S.F. (1884?)
who: King, M. G. (Malcolm G.); William J. Dingee; William J. Dingee.; Woodward & Taggart; Galloway Litho. Co. what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1884 where: Oakland (Calif.); Berkeley (Calif.); California; Alameda County (Calif.)

Map of the Beideman Tract lots & blocks according to official map of the Western Addition. Drawn from actual survey by M. Hoadley. ... Lith. Britton & Co. To be sold at public auction, on Saturday, Oct. 6th, 1860 at 12 o'clock M. at Platts Music Hall. By H.A. Cobb and R.H. Sinton, real estate auctrs. (with) Map of the city of San Francisco. Published by Britton & Co., Lithographers, Montgomery St. cor. of Comml. sts., San Francisco.
who: Britton & Co.; Hoadley, Milo; (Gensoul, A.) what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1860 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

Map of the city and county of San Francisco showing areas recommended as necessary for public places, parks, park connections and highways. Report of D.H. Burnham, Sept. 1905.
who: Burnham, Daniel Hudson; City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press; Bennett, Edward H. what: Land Development; City Atlas; Atlas Map when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

Map of the inhabited part of the State of Maine, exhibiting the progress of its settlement since the year 1778, the Representative Districts since the year 1820, and the population and valuation of taxable property in each District at the year 1820. By Moses Greenleaf. Engraved by William Chapin, N.Y. for Greenleaf's Survey of Maine, 1828. Published by Shirley & Hyde, Portland, 1829.
who: Greenleaf, Moses, 1777-1834; Shirley & Hyde; Chapin, William, 1802-1888 what: Land Development; State Atlas; Atlas Map when: 1829 where: Maine

Map of the International and Great Northern Railroad. Lone (Star) route and connections. Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Map Engravers, St. Louis. Rand, McNally & Co, Map Engr's Chicago. (1878)
who: International & Great Northern Railroad; Rand McNally and Company; Woodward, Tiernan & Hale what: Railroad; Land Development; Pamphlet; Timetable Map when: 1878 where: U.S. Mid West; U.S. South

Map of the Pleasant Valley Tract at Oroville, Butte Co., Cal. ... Containing about 600 acres. For sale in subdivision by E. Tucker, Oroville. Surveyed by C.W. Reece, C.E. December, 1887. Lith. Dakin Pub. Co. S.F. Cal. (inset) Map showing relative location of Pleasant Valley Tract to City of Oroville, Cal.
who: Reece, C. W.; Tucker, E.; Dakin Pub. Co. what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1887 where: California; Butte County (Calif.); Oroville Region (Calif.)

Map of the state of New York showing the location of the original land grants, patents and purchases. Copyright 1895, Julius Bien & Company, N.Y.
who: (Bien, Joseph Rudolf); Julius Bien & Co.; Bien, Joseph Rudolf what: Land Development; State Atlas; Atlas Map when: 1895 where: New York

Map of the state of Texas. Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Map Engr's St. Louis. Texas Land and Immigration Co. St. Louis, Mo. (1876)
who: Texas Land and Immigration Company; Woodward, Tiernan & Hale what: Land Development; Railroad; Pocket Map when: 1876 where: Texas; Indian Territory; Oklahoma

Map of the subdivision of Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres and the town of Sunset owned by Los Angeles & Santa Monica Land & Water Co., situated in Los Angeles Co., Cal. Surveyed by Theo. G. Kocher & Co. 1887. Los Angeles Litho. Co., 48 to 52 Banning St.
who: Theo. G. Kocher & Co.; Los Angeles & Santa Monica Land & Water Co.; Los Angeles & Santa Monica Land & Water Co; Los Angeles Lithographic Co. what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1887 where: Los Angeles (Calif.); Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres (Los Angeles, Calif.); Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Map showing land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in Western Washington and Northern Oregon. Corrected up to August 20, 1888 ... Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works, Buffalo, N.Y. (inset map) Northern Pacific Railroad and connections.
who: Northern Pacific Railroad Company; Matthews, Northrup & Co.; Matthews-Northrup Company what: Railroad; Land Development; Pocket Map when: 1888 where: Washington; Oregon; U.S. West

Map showing San Francisco wate-front in early days.
who: Burnham, Daniel Hudson; City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press; Bennett, Edward H. what: Land Development; City Atlas; View when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

Map showing surveyed portion of land grant of Northern Pacific Railroad Company from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Montana boundary line ... (1895)
who: Northern Pacific Railroad Company; The Evening Wisconsin Co.; Evening Wisconsin Co. what: Railroad; Land Development; Pocket Map when: 1895 where: North Dakota

Mission Plank Road, Southwest fron Ninth, 1856
who: Burnham, Daniel Hudson; City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press; Bennett, Edward H. what: Land Development; City Atlas; View when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

New map of the American Overland Route showing its connections, and land grants of 30,000,000 acres. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago. (1879)
who: Union Pacific Railroad Company; Central Pacific Railroad Company; Rand McNally and Company what: Railroad; Land Development; Pocket Map; Timetable Map when: 1879 where: United States

New York, Kings, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties. Copyright 1895, Julius Bien & Company, N.Y.
who: (Bien, Joseph Rudolf); Julius Bien & Co.; Bien, Joseph Rudolf what: Land Development; State Atlas; Atlas Map when: 1895 where: New York (N.Y.); New York; Rockland County (N.Y.); Westchester County (N.Y.); New York Metropolitan Area

377. True value of real and personal property per capita: 1890. 381. True valuation of real estate and improvements thereon per acre: 1890. Julius Bien & Co. Lith., N.Y. (1898)
who: (United States. Census Office; Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914); U.S. Census Office; Julius Bien & Co.; United States. Census Office; Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914 what: Statistical; Land Development; Statistical Atlas; Atlas Map when: 1898 where: United States

382. True valuation of real estate and improvements thereon per capita: 1890. 383. Assessed valuation of real and personal property per capita: 1890. Julius Bien & Co. Lith., N.Y. (1898)
who: (United States. Census Office; Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914); U.S. Census Office; Julius Bien & Co.; United States. Census Office; Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914 what: Statistical; Land Development; Statistical Atlas; Atlas Map when: 1898 where: United States

Plan of Civic Center. (By Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. 1905)
who: (Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H.); City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press; Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H. what: Land Development; City Atlas; View when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

Plate No.4 showing reservoir, canals and ditches : [Honey Lake Valley, Calif.] Honey Lake Valley Land and Water Company. Office: Room 6, Flood Building, San Francisco, Cal. L.H. Taylor, Engineer-in-Chief. (1891?)
who: Honey Lake Valley Land and Water Company; Taylor, L. H. (Leon Henry), b. 1863; Honey Lake Valley Land & Water Company what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1891 where: California; Lassen County (Calif.); Honey Lake Valley (Calif.)

(Preface to) Report on a plan for San Francisco by Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. Presented to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors by the Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco. Edited by Edward F. O'Day. September, MCMV. Published by the City.
who: Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H.; Meryon, Charles; City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press what: Land Development; City Atlas; Text Page; View when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

(Preface to) Report on a plan for San Francisco by Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. Presented to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors by the Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco. Edited by Edward F. O'Day. September, MCMV. Published by the City.
who: Burnham, Daniel Hudson; Bennett, Edward H.; City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press what: Land Development; City Atlas; Text Page when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

Sale map no. 12. Salt marsh and tide lands situate in the city and county of San Francisco, state of California. To be sold at public auction by order of the Board of Tide Land Commissioners ... at the sales rooms of Greenebaum & Co., auctioneers, nos. 115 & 117 Bush Street, San Francisco. Sale to commence Tuesday, March 4th, 1873. R.P. Johnson, Edgar Briggs, C.M. Stratton, Board of Tide Land Commissioners. J.M. Currier, Secretary. G.F. Allardt, Chief Engineer.
who: (California) Board of Tide Land Commissioners; Allardt, G. F.; (San Francisco?) No publisher what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1873 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California

Sale map no. 8 of salt marsh and tide lands situate in the county of Marin, state of California. To be sold at public auction by order of the Board of Tide Land Commissioners ... John Middleton, auctioneer. Sale to commence Tuesday, July 18th 1871 at Platt's Hall, San Francisco. B.F. Washington, Rodmond Gibbons, L.L. Bullock, Board of Tide Land Commissioners. Wm. S. Byrne, Secretary. G.F. Allardt, Chief Engineer. F.C. Hafenrichter, draughtsman. G.T. Brown & Co. Lith. 540 Clay St. S.F.
who: (California) Board of Tide Land Commissioners; Allardt, G. F.; G.T. Brown & Co. Lith.; Hafenrichter, F. C.; Middleton, John, auctioneer. what: Land Development; Separate Map when: 1871 where: California; Marin County (Calif.)

San Francisco plan, showing system of highways, public places, parks, park connections, etc. to serve as a guide for the future development of the city recommended in his Report to the Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco by D.H. Burnham. September MCMV.
who: Burnham, Daniel Hudson; City of San Francisco; O'Day, Edward F.; Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.; Sunset Press; Bennett, Edward H. what: Land Development; City Atlas; Atlas Map when: 1905 where: San Francisco (Calif.); California