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Nuova rete ferroviaria : per avvicinare Trieste alla Pontebba, al Brennero ed all'Italia

Description: Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2533 [Trieste.] Nouva rete ferroviaria per avvicinare Trieste alla Pontebba, al Brennero ed all'Italia. Trieste, H. Rieter, [18--]. 1 sheet. [see p.]."MS extension of the rail line in the bottom left, some place names added as well."In 1842 the first portion of the Milan-Venice (Lombardy-Venetian) Rwy. was opened. This line was first proposed in 1837; however, construction was postponed for a time, due to Austrian military activities in the region. By 1860, this railway had been extended northeast from Venice to Udine, where it met a branch of the Vienna-Trieste Sudbahn." From World railways of the nineteenth century: a pictorial history in Victorian engravings, by Jim Harter, 2005, page 184.The dates suggested are the year the Lombardy-Venetian line met the Vienna-Trieste line, and the year of Burton's death. Stamp: H. Rieter Trieste. MS notes: R.B. 11492x. Hand written placenames by R.B. . Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sticker: R. B. 11492x. Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries. .
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Date: [1860-1890]
Call number: 623706
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Panorama delle Alpi carniche e goriziane preso da Opcina presso Trieste Panorama der venetianischen u. görzischen Alpen vom Triangulirungspuncte Opcina bei Triest

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2509 Club Alpino Austro-Germanico. Sezione di Trieste. Panorama delle Alpi carniche e goriziane preso de Opcina presso Trieste. Vienna, Stamperia di Corte ed Instituto artistico di. G. Reiffenstein., [18--]. 1 sheet. [see cabinet]."The peaks and towns are numbered with a key at the bottom given their names and, in case of the mountains, their heights.Das deutscher und oesterreichischer Alpenvereins was formed on January 1st 1874 by the merging of the German Alpine Club and the Austrian Alpine Club (Brockhaus' Conversations-Lexikon: allgemeine deutsche Real-Encyklopädie, F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1882, volume 1, page 479). The end date provided is the year Burton died. MS notes: Burton (map cabinet) Club Alpine 2509. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Scheletro stradale di Trieste / per F. Pfeiffer, ingenere e meccanico

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2527; Pfeiffer, F. Scheletro stradale della città di Trieste. Trieste, Julius Dase, [1867?]. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Alternate title from cover.Stamp. Eco. Guttman. Tip. del Lloyd aust. in Trieste. [cover]The cover of the map describes "Manner of using this plan" in six languages: Italian, German, Slovenian, Hungarian, English, and French. Instructions on cover and the map itself explain that the map is divided into 8 vertical sections, labeled with letters, and 10 horizontal sections, labeled with numbers. The numerous streets, institutions, churches, and theaters listed in the upper right corner are accompanied by a corresponding letter and number which allow the user to locate them on the map. The blank area at the bottom of the map is the Gulf of Trieste.Theaters in Trieste: Mauroner (1827), Fildrammatico (1838), Armonia (1857), Politeama Rossetti (1878) (Between two cultures: Trieste and its writers, 1900-1918 by Fiora A. Bassanese, 1974, page 40). The Armonia is present on the map, but Politeama Rossetti is not, hence the approximate dates. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries.

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Pacific Electric car, Venice short line, California

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Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 952, on the Venice line, on tracks in vicinity of Venice and Santa Monica, California. Sign on front of car says "Venice Line."

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Pacific Electric car, Santa Monica

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Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 959 on the Venice short line in Santa Monica, California. A sign on the front of the streetcar reads "Venice Short Line."

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Pacific Electric car on the Venice short line, California

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Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 1052 on the Venice line in Santa Monica, California. Signs on the front of the streetcar read "Venice Short Line," and "limited to vineyard."

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Erhöhung über dem Meere in Wiener Klafter der trigonometrisch bestimmten vorzüglichsten Punkte in der spezial Karte vom Steyermark und dem vormaligen Königreiche Jllyrien

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2532 Trieste. Erhöhung über dem Meere in Wiener Klafter der trigonometrisch bestimmten vorzüglichsten Punkte in der spezial Karte vom Steyermark und dem vormaligen Königreiche Illyrien. [Vienna?], F. von Schönfelder, C. Stein, 1871. 1 sheet. [see p.]."A few scattered MS notes and marks near Pirano (Piran) and in the Quarnero (Kvarner) Gulf. Across top of page: "Umgebungen von Triest, Capo d'Istria nebst Zeichenerklarung. Umgebungen von Laas, Feistritz und Piguente." Pinguente is now in Croatia and referred to as Buzet. Table in the bottom gives the highest points, their relative location, and their heights. Eastern extension folded over.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms notes: p map Europe Trieste 2532.

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Nuova rete ferroviaria : per avvicinare Trieste alla Pontebba, al Brennero ed all'Italia

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