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A striking bird’s-eye view of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, produced to supply the burgeoning tourist trade of the late 19th century. By the end of the 19th century the Lakes and White Mountain regions of New Hampshire had become major tourist destinations, with a well-developed network of rail and coach links, hotels and inns, and guide […]
![Hal Shelton, Vail [:] COLORADO . . . SKI COUNTRY USA. Colorado Springs: Looart, ND [but ca. 1965.]](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/BRM3213-Hal-Shelton-Vail-ca-1967_lowres-e1546614337648-150x150.jpg)
An attractive 1960s bird’s-eye view of Vail ski resort, one of the America’s iconic Winter destinations. The main image is a bird’s eye view of the resort’s front bowls, trails and lifts, complemented by a view of the back bowls at lower right and a photograph of the base resort at lower left. It was […]
A striking and extremely rare 1913 chromolithographic view of the Great Dayton Flood during which water and fire laid waste to much of downtown Dayton, Ohio. The worst natural disaster in Ohio history, the Great Dayton Flood was caused by a series of heavy rainstorms in March 1913. After several days of rain, on March […]
![[ William Bennett ]Painted by G. Cooke / Engd. by W[illiam] J[ames] Bennett, CITY OF WASHINGTON From beyond the Navy Yard. New York: Lewis P. Clover, 180 Fulton St. N.Y., [ca. 1834.]](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BRM3266-Bennett-Washington_lowres-e1568904708586-150x150.jpg)
One of the great views of Washington, D.C., emphasizing the city’s magnificent natural setting at the junction of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers. Executed in aquatint by William Bennett, one of America’s great landscape engravers. The view depicts the capital as seen looking westward from the south bank of the Anacostia River. The city’s major landmarks […]
A rare and beautiful view of Bar Harbor and Mt. Desert Island, depicted when it was a favored summer resort of the Gilded Age elite. The image depicts Bar Harbor as seen looking southward from an imaginary elevated viewpoint over Bar Island. The town’s sprawling hotels, clubs and mansions are prominently featured, as is its […]
![Drawn, printed and published by C.S. Hammond & Co., BIRDS EYE VIEW MAP OF New York and Vicinity [title on wraps: BIRD’S EYE VIEW MAP OF East an North Rivers and Long Island Sound.] New York City, 1909.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BRM1859-Hammond-New-York-City-150x150.jpg)
A scarce and colorful chromolithographic bird’s-eye view of New York City, as seen from an imaginary viewpoint high above New York Bay. This lovely little view depicts nearly the entire city, with the exception of the southern reaches of Brooklyn, as well as surrounding parts of Westchester, Nassau County, and New Jersey. Built-up areas are highlighted in […]
![Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., CHARLES RIVER. Boston, [ca. 1900.]](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BRM1626A-Walker-Charles-River_lowres-e1444237890588-150x150.jpg)
An interesting bird’s-eye view of the Charles River and Boston’s western suburbs looking southwest from an imaginary point high over Waltham, encompassing much of Dedham, Natick, Needham, Newton, Waltham, Wellesley and other towns. Through it all winds the serpentine Charles River, passing landmarks such as the Waltham Watch Factory, Norumbega Park and the dam and […]
![Drawn and lith. by J. Schedler 358 Pearl st. N.Y. / Sarony, Major & Knapp Liths. 119 Broadway N.Y., THE SEAT OF WAR[:] BIRDS EYE VIEW OF VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. New York: W. Schaus 629 Broadway (and Francois Delarue, Paris and H. Graves & Co., London), 1861.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BRM3605-Schedler-Seat-of-War-in-VA-etc-1861_lowres-scaled-e1595257808107-150x150.jpg)
A striking and unusual depiction of the seat of Civil War in the Middle Atlantic States. Published in 1861 for a large public, both here and abroad, that may not have been conversant with map reading but sought a geographic context with which to follow news of the early battles of the Civil War. The […]
![Geo[rge] H. Walker & Co., Birds-Eye View from Summit of Mt. Washington; White Mountains, New Hampshire. Boston: Passenger Department of Boston & Maine R.R., 1902.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/BRM3142-Walker-Mount-Washington_lowres-150x150.jpg)
A spectacular promotional bird’s-eye view of Mount Washington and the White Mountains, issued by the Boston & Maine Railroad. By the early 20th century the Lakes and White Mountain regions of New Hampshire were major tourist destinations, with a well-developed network of hotels and resort towns and villages. With the proliferation of the automobile some […]
An extremely large, detailed and dramatic view of Washington, D.C. as seen looking west from an imaginary point high above the Library of Congress. The image depicts the area bounded by the Tidal Basin to the south and Florida Avenue (the approximate location of present-day Gallaudet University) to the north, with the western suburbs faintly […]