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A chart of Delawar Bay, with soundings and nautical observations.

Scale ca. 1:150,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along left and right margins. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Map of Allegany Co., N.Y. : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and areas of village/city insets. "Entered acco... More

Map of Ontario County, New York / - Public domain map

General-content county map showing towns (townships), numbered town survey divisions, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; the Canandaigua/Geneva insets show residential lots, lot numbers, land tract... More

Higginson's map of Kings and a large part of Queens counties : from ac...

General-content map of the present-day borough of Brooklyn (Kings County, New York City) and the western part of Queens County (now the borough of Queens in New York City). Shows incorporated cities, towns (tow... More

Middleville, N.Y., engraving, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 590 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 710

South-east view of Sackett's harbour / T. Birch del.

Print shows a small lighthouse, sailing ships, and buildings, also Navy Point, Fort Tompkins, the Smith Cantonment, and the Pike Cantonment, Sackets Harbor, New York. Stamped on lower right: Map Division, Libr... More

Street map, New York City / - Public domain map

Includes index and inset of lower Manhattan. Index and Metropolitan map of New York City on verso, with inset of Eastern Long Island. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of Genesee County, New York : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names. Hand colored to emphasize town (township) and incorporated village boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of ... More

This map of the city of New York and island of Manhattan, as laid out ...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows ward boundaries, selected buildingsm and landowner's names. "Entered according to act of Congress Novr. 16th 1811." Oriented with north toward the upper right. Haskell, D.C. Manh... More

Map of the city of Brooklyn, L.I. : shewing the streets as at present ...

Shows wards (numbered), building coverage, and lot lines. Hand colored to emphasize ward boundaries. Originally printed on 2 sheets (western/eastern). LC copy imperfect: Rubber-stamped, shellacked, brittle, dar... More

Map of Warren Co., New York / - Public domain old map

Cadastral map showing towns (townships), numbered township survey sections, large property tracts (with owners' names), rural buildings, and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphas... More

40 miles around New York - Public domain vintage map

Regional map emphasizing railroads and areas/names of local municipalities. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by H.H. Lloyd & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the D... More

Map of the Philippine Islands / - Public domain map

Relief shown by shading, hachures, and spot heights. "Copyright, 1908, by Caspar W. Hodgson." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift: S.W. Boggs. Insets: Babuyan Islands... More

Lynchings by states and counties in the United States, 1900-1931 : (da...

Includes table: Number of lynchings. Includes two inset maps. "Map No. 5241-128" Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of Long Island. - Public domain geographic map

Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Shows radial distances from City Hall, New York, N.Y. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Caravan (35 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935...

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

A plan of the east part of Long Island Sound from remarks made on boar...

Scale ca. 1:127,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy annotated: By Lieutt. Knatchbull, Recd. 31 Jany. 1778. Includes directions for navigatio... More

A topographical map of Hudsons River, with the channels depth of water...

Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to 1 in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. From the publisher's The North American atlas. 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1069 Available also... More

The village of Flushing, Queens County, L.I. : nine miles east of the ...

Cadastral map of the incorporated village of Flushing showing lot lines, dimensions, buildings (residential/non-residential), landholders' names, marshlands, and village boundary. Oriented with north to the lef... More

Map of the rail roads, from Rome to Albany and Troy, by one of the eng...

Detailed map of the Mohawk Valley from Troy to Rome showing drainage, relief by hachures, towns, and villages. Scale ca. 1:180,000. LC Railroad maps, 260 Description derived from published bibliography. Accompa... More

Map of Columbia County, New York : from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 487 Includes ancillary maps of Chatham and Hudson, notes, statistical table, and illustration. Available also through the Library of Congress ... More

Map of Chenango County, New York : from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 482 Includes statistics and illustrations. Bainbridge -- Coventry -- Greene -- Guilford -- Plan of New Berlin -- Plan of Norwich -- Oxford --... More

Hammond's subway system map of New York City (Manhattan and The Bronx)...

Title from cover. "Copyright by the City of New York. Copyright by C.S. Hammond & Co." LC copy imperfect: Use-worn, brittle, torn at fold lines, taped, annotated in lead-pencil, rubber-stamped, cover annotated ... More

Orange County before 1810 / - Public domain map drawing

Pictorial history map with drawings of early buildings/settlers/events and with names of early settlers/landowners. Relief shown pictorially. "Buildings marked * are standing in 1935." "Copyright Jan. 1, 1936."... More

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the Nor...

Scale ca. 1:6,300. Dedicated "To the Honble. Thos. Gage ... " Relief shown by hachures. Includes text, index to points of interest, and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the pr... More

Official map of Long Island City, Queens Co. N.Y

Cadastral map showing lot lines/nos., block nos., and buildings. "Dated May 1st 1893." Oriented with north toward the upper left. Imperfect: Brittle, fold-lined, torn, taped, missing sections at sheet edges. Av... More

A plan of the township of Blenheim, as surveyed and divided in the yea...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of the upper part of the Island of Manhattan above Eighty-Sixth St...

Relief shown by hachures. From the Gen. Noel F. Parrish papers in LC Ms. Div. "Lith. by W.C. Rogers & Co. for Joseph Shannon's Manual 1868." Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes notes. LC copy t... More

Fort Green, New York. - Public domain vintage map

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. "No. 35 and scale of 60 feet to an inch." "Office of Chief of Engineers, War Department. 5810 620" on verso. Minimal level cataloging record. Avail... More

Topographical map of Seneca County, New York /

General-content county map showing towns (townships), town survey sections (numbered), rural buildings, and householders' names. Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown... More

Map of Montgomery County, New York : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing towns (townships), rural buildings, and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries. "Entered according to act of Congress in the ... More

Map of Onondaga County, New York : showing military townships and thei...

Shows real-property tracts and lines only in town (townships) adjacent to Syracuse; other towns are subdivided into numbered military townships. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize town (townshi... More

Altamont, N.Y. / - Public domain vintage map

Bird's-eye view. Includes text, index to points of interest, and ill. of "Kushaqua Hotel". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no.: 99-79 PM3

Panoramic map of Clifton Springs, N.Y. /

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 551.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Barnes-Mudge House, 115 East Dominick Street, Rome, Oneida County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-5509 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Erie Canal (Enlarged), Upper Mohawk River Aqueduct, Mohawk River, Stat...

See also HAER NY-384. Significance: Remains of one of the two aqueducts built to carry the Enlarged Erie Canal over the Mohawk River. Survey number: HAER NY-12 Building/structure dates: ca. 1842 Initial Const... More

County atlas of Sullivan, New York /

Public domain document scan of Dutch map, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Map of Orange and Rockland counties area of New York]

Scale ca. 1:126,720. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Watermark: J. Whatman. Relief shown by hachures. Shows some landownership. On verso: Honbe. Majr. Genl. Green. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1090 ... More

Brooklyn. Historic map, Library of Congress

Street map of Brooklyn published for Advertising Bureau, Brooklyn City Rail Road Company. Overprinted in brown to show "Twelve Routes, 42 miles of Streets and Avenues Traversed by Cars, all Starting from Fulton... More

Panoramic map of Schaghticoke, N.Y., engraving, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 631 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Panoramic map of Ballston Spa, N.Y. /

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 537.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 651/1

Williams map of Long Island City section of Queens Borough, New York

Also covers Manhattan east of Eighth Avenue. Also shows streetcar lines and pier numbers. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The encampment & position of the army under His Excy. Lt. Gl: Burgoyne...

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, U.S. Route 9, Plattsburgh, Clinton County,...

Significance: For over 100 years, the U.S. has maintained a military presence at the site of the now closed Plattsburgh AFB. During the Civil War, Union troops organized and departed from the base; during the S... More

Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt....

Scale ca. 1:14,400. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650

Map of Saratoga Co., New York : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings with householders' names; the Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa insets show building coverage and names of principal buildings. Hand colored to emphasize town ... More

Gillette's map of Livingston Co., New York : from actual surveys /

County map showing towns (townships), numbered town subsections, irregular real-property tracts, rural buildings, and householders' names; the village insets (including Geneseo and Dansville) also show building... More

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of Cattaraugus Co., New York : from the county records & actual su...

General-content county map showing towns (townships), numbered town sections, some rural land tracts with owner's names, rural buildings, and householder's names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to empha... More

[Sketch map of fortifications in the vicinity of Fort Washington, Manh...

Relief shown by hachures. In German. Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Carroll B. Cox, Dana Point, Calif.; 1997. From the Johann Carl Philipp von Krafft papers in LC Manuscript Division. Pen-and-ink. Watermark ... More

City atlas of Oswego, New York : from official records, private plans ...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, U.S. Route 9, Plattsburgh, Clinton County,...

Significance: For over 100 years, the U.S. has maintained a military presence at the site of the now closed Plattsburgh AFB. During the Civil War, Union troops organized and departed from the base; during the S... More

The course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting ...

Scale ca. 1:33,200. Hand colored. Shows soundings and disposition of ships, etc. Includes "A sketch of Fort Island" and "Profile and plan of the sunk frames or chevaux de frise which formed the stackadoes in th... More

A topographical map of the northn. part of New York Island, exhibiting...

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Hand colored. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes descriptive index. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 700

Map of Erie County, New York : from actual surveys /

Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 493 Includes "Plan of the city of Buffalo," statistical charts, notes, and illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC ... More

Town & village of Ovid, Seneca Co., N.Y. /

Wall map. Includes ill. of area residences. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Mounted on cloth. Attached to wooden rods along top and bottom of sheet. LC copy imperfect:... More

Gillette's map of Monroe Co., New York : from actual surveys /

County cadastral map showing towns (townships), numbered town survey divisions, irregular rural property tracts, rural buildings, and rural householders' names. The Rochester and Brockport insets show buildings... More

Panoramic map of Yonkers, N.Y. 1899.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 657 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and directory. AACR2

Map of Monroe County, New York / - Public domain old map

General-content county map showing municipalities, buildings in rural areas, and householders' names. Hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and territories. "Entered according to Act of Congress ... More

[Central Park, N.Y.] Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map. Pictorical relief. Title supplied by cataloger. Includes various views. Facsimile of A plan of the city of New York from actual survey, 1728, on verso. Available also through the Library of Con... More

Map of Devaux Neck on Broad River, South Carolina.

Devaux Neck is formed by the Tulfinny River and Coosawatchie River as they branch off the Broad River. The Peninsula is crossed by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. Map shows rebel forces protecting the r... More

Map of Long Island City, Queens Co. N.Y. : showing farm lines &c. &c. ...

Cadastral map showing lot lines, farm boundaries, property-owners' names, streetcar lines, planned streets, and street widths. Depths shown by soundings. Imperfect: Halved, mounted on cloth backing. Includes 2 ... More

Street map of Fulton, N.Y. : with street numbers.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Includes advertisments.

Map of Ulster County, New York / - Public domain old map

Wall map. Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 570 Also shows buildings and householders' names. "Entered according to Act of Congress in ... 1853 by Oliver J. Tillson in the ... District Court of ... More

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the Nor...

Scale ca. 1:6,300. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage. Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Ho... More

Plan of the city of New York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:13,000. Hand colored. Shows ward boundaries. Includes index to buildings. Wheat & Brun. Maps and Charts (1978 ed.) 387 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1113 Available also through the Library of... More

Map of Albany County, New York : from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 473 Includes ancillary maps of Albany, Rennselaerville, Cohoes, and the village of West Troy, statistical chart, business directories and illu... More

Map of the city of Rochester : from Cornells' Maps : to accompany Boyd...

City street map showing wards, ward numbers, and schools. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes and index to points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC ... More

Harrisville, Ritchie County, W.Va. 1899., engraving, Library of Congre...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 996 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 700/1

Buffalo New York 1851 - Public domain map

Cadastral map showing lot lines, lot numbers, acreages, and street names. Facsim. "From the collection of Historic Urban Plans Inc., Ithaca, N.Y. 14851". Original version: [Albany? : Secretary of State : Survey... More

Map of the southern part of the state of New York including Long Islan...

Relief shown pictorially. LC copy imperfect: Small tears and holes along edges, wrinkles, scattered dark spots, and discoloration. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vaul... More

William Guy Wall - Newburgh / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hi...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River from a dirt road where oxen pull a wagon, with a view across the river of Newburgh, New York, and rolling hills in the background. No. 14 of the Hudson River Port Folio. ... More

[Topographic map of West Point, Constitution Island, and vicinity, N.Y...

Relief shown by hachures. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and lead pencil. Date in lead pencil follows the inked signature. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gif... More

Map of Tioga County, New York : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing towns (townships), rural buildings, and householders' names; the Owego city inset shows real property, residential lots, lot lines, owners' names, and building coverage. Relie... More

Map of Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., New York /

Survey map showing street rights-of-way, buildings, lot/tract property lines, householders'/landowners' names, and section of Erie Canal. Also covers village of Palatine Bridge. Hand col. in red to emphasize co... More

Map of Ulster Co., New York : from actual surveys /

Map of the city of Syracuse / - Public domain old map

City street map showing wards, ward numbers, and some tract lines. Relief shown by hachures. "Published by Andrew Boyd for the Syracuse city directory." "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, ... More

Map of Troy, also West Troy, and Green Island /

Shows radial distances from court house. Hand col. to show ward areas, ward numbers, principal buildings, and railroads. "Published by Sampson, Davenport & Co. expressly for the city directory." Available also ... More

Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to Albany.

Topographic strip map of the Hudson River Valley from Waterford to New York City, showing drainage, relief by hachures, county and township boundaries, cities and towns, roads and canals. Indicates the track of... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, U.S. Route 9, Plattsburgh, Clinton County,...

Significance: For over 100 years, the U.S. has maintained a military presence at the site of the now closed Plattsburgh AFB. During the Civil War, Union troops organized and departed from the base; during the S... More

A plan of the attack of Fort Washington, now Fort Knyphausen, and of t...

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive index. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1159 Available also through the Library of ... More

A chart of Delaware Bay and River : containing a full and exact descri...

Scale ca. 1:275,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Shows ship channels. Includes list of subscribers and "Tide table." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

Map of the southern part of the state of New York including Long Islan...

Relief shown pictorially. Second state. LC copy mounted in sections on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Map of Sacket's Harbor in the county of Jefferson N.Y. /

Village cadastral survey map showing lot/tract lines, lot numbers, and block numbers. Does not show landowners' names. Depths shown by soundings. Selected buildings (including U.S. Madison Barracks/Fort Pike) s... More

Topographical map of Madison County, New York : from actural surveys (...

County cadastral map showing towns (townships), town section numbers, rural property tracts, landowners' names, and rural buildings. Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries and incorporated village areas. "En... More

Map of Washington County, New York /

Relief shown by hachures. Includes 9 insets, tables of statistics, and 13 views. "Entered according to act of Congress in ... 1853 by Robert Pearsall Smith, in ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania." LC Land own... More

Topographical map of the counties of Kings and Queens, New York /

Public domain scan of a topographic map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of Long Island City, Queens Co., N.Y

Also shows district names, wards (hand col.), streetcar lines, and radial distances from N.Y. City Hall. Imperfect: Shellacked, mounted on cloth backing, edges hemmed. Includes notes, public-building index, chu... More

Map of marsh lots 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 at Rockaway Beach, boroug...

Cadastral survey map showing lot lines, lot nos., dimensions, acreages, and proposed streets. "Surveyed for and guaranteed to Title Guarantee and Trust Co." Negative photostat copy. Imperfect: Punch-holed in ri... More

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Champlain Canal, Waterford Locks, U.S. Route 4, Waterford, Saratoga Co...

Significance: The Champlain Canal was built to link Lake Champlain with the Erie Canal and with the tidewater of the Hudson River. The Canal is presently part of the New York State Barge Canal system, the most... More

Atlas of the city of New York lying south of 166th st. showing surface...

Blue line print. Includes index map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotations in ink, pencil, and colored pencil on some maps. LC copy imperfect: Title page torn ve... More

A survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point, and St...

Scale ca. 1:400,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows naval actions at Valcour Island and Buttonmold Bay in Oct. 1776. From the publishers' The American military pocket atlas. [1776] Includes index... More

A plan of St. Georges Ferry on Nassau-Island made the 10th August 1774...

Scale 1:240; 20 ft. to an in. Title on verso: St. Georges Ferry. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman [and a fleur-de-lis in a cross surmounted by a crown, over the letters GR] Shows wh... More

Sketch of New York, narrows & part of Long Island with the roads.

Scale ca. 1:23,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings in fathoms. Shows distances. In margin, upper left corner: No. 18. LC Maps of North America, 1750-... More

A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & e...

Scale ca. 1:85,000. Hand colored. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Pictorial map. Annotated in lower right corner in pencil: 2d impression. In lower margin: An account of the... More

Position of the detachment under Lieut't Col. Baum & attacks of the en...

Scale ca. 1:6,000; 200 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows troop positions of battle fought in the town of Ho... More

Plan of the position which the army under Lt. Genl. Burgoyne took at S...

Scale ca. 1:108,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1178 Available also through the Library of Congress ... More

Carte de la baye et rivière de Délaware contenant une éxacte et entiér...

Scale ca. 1:31,000. Depths shown by soundings. From the publisher's Neptune americo-septentrional contenant les côtes. 1778-80. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

Sketch of the rebel works at West Point as taken from the description ...

Scale ca. 1:11,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications and amounts of ordnance. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1203 Available also through the Library ... More