middle west

Carte de la riviere Longue : et de quelques autres, qui se dechargent ...

Map 1 covers area of Minnesota River, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Mississippi River south to Saint Louis. Map 2 covers the area west of the Minnesota River. Both maps drawn within same neat lines, divided... More

[A trader's map of the Ohio country before 1753.

Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Title from C. A. Hanna's The wilderness trail, 1910-1911. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 772 Availa... More

Carte des voyages du Cape. Carver, dans la partie intérieure de l'Amér...

Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 783 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 600/2; 651/3

A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and...

Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Hand colored. Annotated in ink. One annotation shows where "Genr. Wayne defeated the Indians Augt. 20, 1794." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and Lo... More

A chart of the internal part of Louisiana : including all the hitherto...

Scale ca. 1:2,450,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. "Plate II." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes. AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2

Plat of the United States road from Detroit to Chicago

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A map of a portion of the Indian country lying east and west of the Mi...

Accompanied by: Geological report of an examination made in 1834 of the elevated country between the Missouri and Red rivers / by G.W. Featherstonhaugh. Washington : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. (97 p., [... More

Guide through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin &...

Detailed township map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, canals, stage roads, and railroads. Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1840. LC also has 1... More

Map of the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois with the settled parts...

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A map of a part of the southern & western states showing the contempla...

The map covers an area from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi delta, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark. It shows Ft. Massac and "Capitol City" in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky as sites selec... More

Map of the northwestern states. Shewing [sic] what proportion lies nor...

Outline map of the north-central United States showing the canals and the railroad network and naming the Michigan Central and the Michigan Southern Railway. John B. Jervis was chief engineer on the Mohawk & Hu... More

Map showing the Jacksonville North Western and South Eastern Railway a...

Map of Illinois, Indiana, and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, stations, and the railroad network. Scale 1:1,050,000. LC Railroad maps, 438 Description derived from published bibliography. Available a... More

Map of the Fort Wayne, Lacon, & Platte Valley Air Line Railroad, with ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West ...

Map of the north-central United States, east of the Mississippi River, showing the railroad network. Scale ca. 1:2,800,000. LC Railroad maps, 115 Description derived from published bibliography. Inset: Illinois... More

Map of the Clinton Line Railroad and its connections

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D.B. Cooke & Co.'s great western railway guide exhibiting all stations...

Outline map of the north-central states showing the railroad network in operation and in progress of construction. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:1,250,000. "Middleton, Wallace & Co. Lithrs., Odd Fel... More

Map of the Iowa Central Air Line Rail Road and its connections.

Detailed township map of the north-central states indicating drainage, cities and towns, townships, county boundaries, the road and railroad networks, and in blue overprint the connections with the Iowa Central... More

Railway map shewing [sic] the connections between Muscatine, Iowa and ...

Map of the north-central United States showing the railroad network. Includes a historical description of Muscatine, Iowa. The map appears on the verso of letter stationery date lined "Muscatine, Iowa,--185." S... More

Indiana, Illinois, Missouri & Iowa with parts of adjoining states.

Scale 1:1,267,200; 20 statute miles to an in. Hand colored. Shows railroads and indicates mileage between stations and state, county, and township boundaries. LC Railroad maps, 121 Available also through the Li... More

Johnson's new railroad and township copper-plate map of Illinois, Iowa...

Detailed general map which includes drainage place names, roads, railroad, counties, and townships. Scale ca. 1:1,750,000. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857. LC Railroad maps, 124 Descriptio... More

Chapman's rail road map of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri...

Outline map showing the railroad network and stations along the rail lines. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. "Chas. Shober Lith. 109 Lake St. Chicago." LC Railroad maps, 122 Available also t... More

New & reliable rail road map, travellers edition, Western.

Outline map of the north-central United States showing the railroad network. Mileage information between stations by states and by railroad companies on the verso. Scale ca. 1:2,400,000. LC Railroad maps, 125 D... More

Map showing location of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway with its br...

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Colton's county & township rail road map of Ohio, Indiana, & Michigan,...

Detailed township and county map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC also has "New edition with steamboat landings," dated 1870. LC Railr... More

Bird's eye view of junction of the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers, showing ...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 1.5 Panoramic map looking south from Vienna, Illinois, to Holly Springs, Mississippi. Waverly, Tennessee, is on the left and Poplar Bluff, Missouri, is on the righ... More

Birds eye view of the Mississippi Valley from Cairo to the Gulf of Mex...

Scale ca. 1:1,710,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 9 At top of map: The seat of war. This is a map and not a bird's-eye view. It covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and parts of Florida, Georgia,... More

Map showing the location of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad with i...

Map of the midwestern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Chartered January 16, 1836, constructed in 1853. Consolidated into the ... More

Map showing the location of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway with it...

Map of the midwestern states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the completed, proposed, and under-construction railroads. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad... More

Traveling map of the western states, exhibiting the counties, towns an...

Detailed map of the north-central states between Ohio and Nebraska.

Map showing the line of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad and its west...

Map of the midwest showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries railroads with named lines and the main line emphasized. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC also has a colored edition dated 1866, and an... More

Map showing the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad and its connection...

Map of the Great Lakes area showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 437 Description deri... More

Map showing the line of the Rockford, Rock Island, & Saint Louis R.R. ...

Shows midwestern states with drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Consolidated October 8, 1868. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC also has 187... More

Map showing the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway and its ...

Map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, administrative boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Consolidated June 30, 1868, from Cedar Rapids and Burlington ... More

Map of the Chicago and Southwestern Railway and the Chicago, Rock Isla...

Map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, townships, counties, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main lines. Scale 1:1,250,000. LC Railroad maps, 372 Description derived from ... More

Maps showing the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington & Pekin Railroad and it...

Map of the midwestern states shows drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroads with emphasis on the main line and mileage between stations. General map shows transcontinental r... More

Map of South Pacific Rail Road Co. of Missouri.

Outline map of Arkansas and parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas showing drainage, counties, cities and towns, finished and projected railroads with names along the lines. Scale [ca. 1:2,500,000]. Note: "This c... More

Trade map of the north western states showing the counties, towns and ...

Detailed map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, townships, counties, and the railroad network. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 128 Description derived from published bibliograp... More

Map showing the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway and its...

Map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, administrative boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map showing the line of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad and its connection...

Map of the mid-central states and Texas showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 359 Description d... More

Map showing location of lands belonging to the Iowa Rail Road Land Com...

Map of the midwestern states showing drainage, township and counties, land grants, railroads with named lines. Includes geographical description and advertising. 3943 U.S. Copyright Office Scale Entered accordi... More

Map of Atlantic & Pacific Rail Road - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal...

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Map showing the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, and its connections.

Advertising map covering Michigan and vicinity. Shows drainage, cities and towns, railroad land grant, and the railroad network emphasizing the main line. Information on bond sale by Winslow, Lanier & Co., N.Y.... More

Map showing the completed lines of the Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railwa...

General map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, and completed railroads in color. Scale 1:3,800,000. LC Railroad maps, 465 Description derived from published bibliography. Inset: Mil... More

Colton's railroad and express map of the northwestern states showing c...

North-central states. Shows drainage, cities and towns, townships, counties, stations, and the railroad network with distances. 1182 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 130 Description de... More

Map showing the railroad and highway bridge over the Missouri River at...

Detailed map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 131 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also throu... More

Map showing the Indiana & Illinois Central Railway and its connections...

Shows north-central United States and includes drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Chartered January 1, 1853. Completed in 1873. ... More

Map showing the line of the Lake Erie and Louisville Railway and its c...

Map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Consolidation of the Fremont, Lima, and Union and the Lake Erie and Pacific Railroads... More

Western states, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa : with portions o...

Longitude west from Washington and Greenwich. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

New county and rail road map of the western states and valley of the M...

Map of the central United States showing in detail relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network with named lines. 10187 U.S. Copyright Office Scale [ca. 1:2,400,00... More

Map of the Northern Pacific R.R. its connections and tributary country

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Map of the Danville, Olney & Ohio River Railroad and its connections.

Map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, coal fields in Illinois, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railro... More

Map showing the Toledo, Ann Arbor, and Grand Truck Railway and its con...

Midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the mail line. 8338 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 582... More

Maps showing the Toledo, Delphos & Burlington Railroad and its connect...

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Map showing the Ohio Southern R.R. and its connections through the Cin...

Map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, townships, counties, and railroad network including proposed lines. Emphasizes main lines.

Maps showing the Toledo, Cincinnati, & St. Louis Railroad and its conn...

Midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, coal in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Includes the railroad system with emphasis on the main line. Scale 1:1,267,200. Inset: ... More

The Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway System.

Map of the north-central United States showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. M5932 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:1,267,200.... More

Map of the railroads and extensions of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St....

Detailed map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroads with names and emphasis on the main line. Incorporated in 1863 as the Milwaukee and... More

Map showing the route of the Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad and its connec...

Map shows the north-central states with drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network indicated. Emphasizes the main line. Scale 1:2,217,600. LC Railroad maps, 401 Description derived from published bibl... More

Map of the Chester, Iron Mountain & Western Railroad and its connectio...

Map of Missouri, Illinois, and vicinity. Shows drainage, cities and towns, the railroad network, coalfields, and iron and lead mines. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 367 Description derived from published ... More

Railroad map showing the lands of the Standard Coal and Iron Co. situa...

Detailed map of the north-central and Great Lakes region showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, coal fields, names of railroads, and the railroad network. 13641 U.S. Copyright Offic... More

Theatre in central Kentucky and middle and eastern Tennessee, also in ...

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. and intersecting lines

Map of the midwestern states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network coded in color with the main line emphasized. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. and intersecting lines, 1883.

Map of the midwestern states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network coded in color with the main line emphasized.

Map of Illinois Central R.R. - Public domain old map

U.S. central states from Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico, showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, roads and railroads. Principal north-south line, chartered in 1850 and incorporated in 1851. 706 m... More

Chicago Great Western Railway "Maple Leaf Route."

Map of the midwestern United States showing drainage, counties, cities and towns, railroad network with the main line in heavy black lines. Ticket and general information on the verso. Scale ca. 1:1,150,000. LC... More

Saturday afternoon in a prosperous town of the Middle West, Decatur, I...

Crowded sidewalk scene, Illinois. Stereo copyrighted by C.L. Wasson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Map ninth division railway mail service - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Map showing railway mail service lines in Great Lakes States (principally Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio) in the early 20th century. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map sixth division railway mail service - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Map showing the railway mail system of the midwest, chiefly Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and parts of Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Montana. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map fifth division railway mail service - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Map showing railway mail service lines in Middle Western states of the Ohio Valley (principally Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee) in the early 20th century. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map tenth division railway mail service - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Map showing railway mail service lines in North Central states Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois (partial), Iowa (partial), Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska (partial), Wyoming (partial), Montana, Ida... More

Military Hospital #1. Ask Miss Sullivan. The middle west in Paris. Wou...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about ... More

Sculpture "The Middle West" located in fifth floor lobby, Department o...

Artist: Henry Kreis, 1933. Plaster, 48" x 88" x 1.5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credi... More

A Greyhound bus which is bound for Chicago, Illinois from Cincinnati, ...

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Peace issues discussed with president, Washington, D.C. Sept. 30. Dele...

A group of women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing on a pier, Great Depression....

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Aboard a trap fishing boat, the fish freezer and the fish buyer. Fish ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man standing on a pier, possibly related ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Aboard a trap fishing boat, the fish freezer and the fish buyer. Fish ...

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A black and white photo of a man standing on a dock, Great Depression....

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Defends actions. Washington, D.C., March 16. J.J. Pelley, President of...

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Protests tactics of Association of American Railroad. Washington, D.C....

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hunter succeeds Aubrey Williams in WPA. Washington, D.C., Jan. 18. How...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hunter succeeds Aubrey Williams in WPA. Washington, D.C., Jan. 18. How...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Inf...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A Greyhound bus which is bound for Chicago, Illinois from Cincinnati, ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sandlot baseball game. Twin Falls, Idaho. Twin Falls was settled mostl...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A large boring mill in operation, machining a part for a 105 mm shell ...

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Cleaning up and burnishing an iron casting. This casting will be used ...

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Sandlot baseball game. Twin Falls, Idaho. Twin Falls was settled mostl...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A large boring mill in operation, machining a part for a 105 mm shell ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Twin Falls, Idaho is one of the main agricultural buying and distribut...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man in overalls - FSA / Office of War Inf...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man standing on a stool - FSA / Office of...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Cleaning up and burnishing an iron casting. This casting will be used ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.... More

Big Hole Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana. Ranchers and cattle buyer...

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A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Office of War Info...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. This milling m...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

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Big Hole Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana. Cattle buyers on ranch. B...

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Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. This milling m...

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