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Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:02:36 -0600
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Anyone interested in searching for old maps online, there is a fantastic
article here:

  http://www.maphistory.info/SEARCHING%20FOR%20EARLY%20MAPS.pdf


Angie


>
> On 11/12/2010 12:45 PM, Angie Cope wrote:
>>
>> Have you tried the Library of Congress' American Memory's Map
>> collection? It can be found at:
>>
>> http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Maps
>>
>> They did have a birdsyeve view of Baltimore from 1869, a map of the
>> Baltimore and Ohio RR with its branches and connections from 1878, and
>> an 1860 map of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and its principal
>> connecting lines uniting all parts of the East & West to name a few.
>>
>> Bookmark this website, it is a must source of maps.
>>
>> All I did was type "Baltimore" on the search engine and it gave me 182
>> entries.
>>
>>
>> Carlos A. Diaz
>> Daniel J. Evans Library
>> The Evergreen State College
>> Olympia, Washington
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