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How much of an area’s history can be told in a succession of maps? After you spend half an hour on the revamped OldMapsOnline, it will seem like a lot. If you’ve come to this long-standing repository ...
Three ways old fire insurance maps, harbor charts, and forgotten road lines can turn an ordinary coastal drive into a historical scavenger hunt. Fire insurance maps: the block behind the pretty ...
What’s in a map? When viewed as historical documents, most maps go far beyond portraying mere place. Rather, they transmit ideas about the priorities, prejudices and preoccupations of the people who ...
At the Spokane ANTIQUES ROADSHOW in August 2007, a guest named Maurice brought in a large and weathered-looking atlas, which he explained to appraiser Stephen Massey had passed down to him from his ...
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UChicago students use historic maps, state-of-the-art technology to bring Chicago neighborhood history to life
The histories of some pieces of land in Chicago are well-known. The Thompson Center in the Loop stands on the former site of the Sherman House Hotel. The Chicago Police Belmont Area Headquarters and ...
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