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    California : Rand, McNally & Co.'s new business atlas map of California

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    Commercial map with MS notes showing areas of oil and gas production along with production companies. Also hand drawn are oil pipelines from these fields to various terminal points. Submap: San Francisco Bay Area; Los Angeles Basin; San Diego Area. Table of Railroads. Numerous MS notes on oil production and distribution. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 436171 California State California Terquada.

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  • Panorama of Chicago

    Panorama of Chicago

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    Image of an elevated panoramic view of Chicago, Illinois, overlooking the city's business district and Lake Michigan, from left looking west, then north, east and south, from Monadnock Block, Dearborn, Jackson, Van Buren Sts. and Custom House Place; inset vignette of Monadnock Building at lower left; Melville shield logo at lower right; location key, color bars, and information on Miehle Printing Press & Mgt. Co. printed in margin.

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  • East Los Angeles : Los Angeles County. California. 1888

    East Los Angeles : Los Angeles County. California. 1888

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    Image of an aerial view of East Los Angeles, California, with an inset map key, surrounded by thirty-four vignettes of buildings and street scenes with captions.

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  • E. Butterick & Co's report of fashions, spring & summer 1880

    E. Butterick & Co's report of fashions, spring & summer 1880

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    Image of two outdoor vignettes featuring Butterick day and evening fashions for men, steamboat visible behind in lower left corner; fashion details include tail coat, cutaway jackets, overcoats, waistcoats, ties, suits, and trousers; accessories include bowler, straw, and top hats, canes, and gloves; reference key for figures numbered 1-16.

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  • Map of Indian territory and Oklahoma : 1890

    Map of Indian territory and Oklahoma : 1890

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    Image of a map of Indian Territory and Oklahoma bordered by Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas; printed references inset in upper right corner; list of railroads authorized by Congress in lower right corner and statistics on the Native American land holdings and population of the "Five Civilized Tribes" and "Quapaw Agency" as of June 1, 1890.

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  • The Westinghouse Co. Schenectady, N. Y

    The Westinghouse Co. Schenectady, N. Y

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    Image of an advertisement for threshing machines manufactured by the Westinghouse Company of Schenectady, New York; farmers working with agricultural machinery and engines in a field at center; machinery and grain inset at left; factory building complex with locomotives coming and going inset at top right.

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