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View of Middletown, N. Y. 1874

Description: Image of an aerial landscape view of the town of Middletown, New York, showing buildings, roads with printed street names, and the railroad, with a bottom border panel containing a printed key at bottom center for twenty-one specific buildings including churches, schools, and commercial entities, and four vignettes of building storefronts including "Bull's Opera House."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1874
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_001517
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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Hackensack, New Jersey. 1896

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial landscape view of the city of Hackensack, New Jersey, and surrounding hills, with buildings, streets, and the Hackensack River running through the foreground; thirty-five eye-level vignettes at the top and bottom borders showing public buildings, schools, businesses, churches, residences, and other notable locations in the city; key to 54 locations printed in bottom margin; tinted.

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Bird’s eye view of the city of Red Wing : Coodhue Co Minnesota 1868

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial landscape view of the city of Red Wing, Minnesota, showing steamboats on the Mississippi River in the foreground; with three vignettes in the lower margin of eye-level street views of the public school, Hamline University building, and court house; location key in bottom center margin.

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Andersonville Prison

Visual Materials

Image of an elevated view of the Andersonville prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war-camp in Georgia, with prisoners clustered in groups around tents in the central image; surrounded by twenty-two vignettes including a portrait of Sergeant Leroy Key, Captain Henri Wirz, scenes of prison life, prisoner escapes, and sick and dying prisoners; vignettes are numbered with key in bottom margin.

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Bird's-eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial view of the World's Columbian Exposition buildings in Chicago, Illinois, along the lakeshore; names of the buildings and exhibits are listed in the bottom margin, with a key to find each location on the map; steamships and sailboats visible on the lake.

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View of public square, Atlanta, GA

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level street view of the public square in Atlanta, Georgia, with Union troops on horseback in the foreground, and the square, tents of the military camp of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and buildings including the army headquarters, City Hall, and two churches in the background; circle vignette above the view with flags and a head-and-shoulders portrait of Union General Henry Slocum; two upper corner vignettes of a house identified as "Gen. Slocum's Head Qrs." and a fortification with cannons identified as "Fort on right of City Hall." Division and brigade battle flags decorate the top border and two division badges are in the lower corners; 3 location references bottom margin.

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Panoramic view of Milwaukee Wis. taken from city hall tower

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Image of an elevated panoramic view of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as viewed from the tower of City Hall; Lake Michigan visible in background; key identifying dozens of buildings, streets, bridges, and landmarks in bottom margin.

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View of Middletown, N. Y. 1874

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