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Map showing the principal rail road in the middle & adjoining states, ...

Map of the north-central and middle Atlantic states showing cities, the railroad network, and the coal region boundaries. Scale ca. 1:1,850,000. LC Railroad maps, 83 Description derived from published bibliogra... More

Topographical map of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill-Haven Rail Road with...

Map of Pennsylvania between Schuylkill Haven and Ashland showing drainage, relief by hachures, cities, towns, individual buildings, mines, mills, and the mining branch rail lines. Chartered on the March 24, 182... More

Rail road map accompanying the report an[d] exhibit of the Logansport ...

Map of the north-central and northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. Chartered as the Auburn and Eel River Valley Rail Road on March 8, 1853. Name cha... More

Map and profile of the Orange and Alexandria Rail Road with its Warren...

Printed topographic strip map with manuscript annotations to show the geologic structure along the route of the railroad. The Alexandria and the Chesapeake and Ohio canals and stage stable for horses used on th... More

Map of the Sunbury and Erie Rail Road and its connections; P. Jarrett,...

Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing the "completed & constructing" and "projected" railroads. Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. From Robert Faries Report of the Chief Engineer of the Su... More

H. V. Poor's rail road map showing particularly the location and conne...

Covers the United States from the Mississippi River east, and from Maine to northern Florida. Includes drainage, relief by hachures, place names, state boundaries, canals, and the railroad network.

Rail road and county map of Illinois showing its internal improvements...

Detailed map indicating drainage, place names, roads and railroads. Text, including a list of Illinois railroads and their connections, appears on both sides and bottom of the map. Scale ca. 1:1,200,000. LC Rai... More

A section of Colton's large map of Indiana with the Fort Wayne and Sou...

Scale of map of the eastern half of the United States is ca. 1:3,300,000. The map indicates "Railroads finished and under way" and "railroads proposed." Chartered January 15, 1849. Scale ca. 1:350,000. LC Railr... More

Map of the state of New-York showing its water and rail road lines. Ja...

Map of New York and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, relief by hachures, county boundaries, cities and towns. Different colors indicate railroads in operation, in progress of construction, and propose... More

A map showing the route of the proposed rail road from the Copper and ...

Outline map of eastern Wisconsin, and parts of Illinois and Michigan, showing major drainage, township lines, large cities, and the railroads. Scale not given. At left of map: "Facts and Figures." LC Railroad m... More

Map of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road and connections.

Map of the northeastern and north-central United States indicating major drainage, larger cities, state boundaries, and the railroad network. Chartered April 2, 1852. Scale ca. 1:2,150,000. LC Railroad maps, 44... More

International rail road guide of the Great Central Route.

Shows railroad lines in the north-central and northeastern United States connecting with the Michigan Central and New York Central Railroads. Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 420 Description derived fro... More

Map of the Pennsylvania Rail Road, from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic] ...

Topographic strip map of Pennsylvania between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh showing drainage, relief by form lines, county boundaries, cities and towns. A list of stations and distances is given to the right of t... More

Map of the located route of the Metropolitan Rail Road and the adjacen...

Topographical map of part of Maryland showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, canals, the Washington Aqueduct, roads, and railroads with mileage on the main survey line. Chartered in 1853. Scale... More

Map of New York & Erie Rail Road and its connections; the most direct ...

Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States with the railroad network overprinted in red. A red border is printed around the map simulating a wooden frame. See entry 404. [From published bib... More

Route of a proposed railroad from Powelton, West Philada. to the Phila...

Outline map of Philadelphia and vicinity showing different railroad lines and depots. Below "Line E" on the map is the following statement. "Surveyed by Edw. H. Saunders, Nov. 1856." Scale ca. 1:35,000. LC Rail... More

Rail road map of the United States, showing the depots & stations.

Map of eastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and railroads.

Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road.

Strip map of Virginia between Lynchburg and Bristol, Tenn. Shows drainage, coal and copper fields, county boundaries, cities, towns, and roads. Chartered March 24, 1848, under the name of Lynchburg abd Tennesse... More

Disastrous calamity on the North Pennsylvania rail road ... John McDev...

Verse.; On verso: MC# 09-82-038.319 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 156, Folder 26.

Dinsmore's complete map of the railroads & canals in the United States...

Map of the eastern half of the United States and part of Canada showing drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, and proposed, projected, and operating railroads. Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Another edition, ... More

Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's rail road map of the Eastern States.

Map of New England, part of eastern Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, most of Maryland, and part of Virginia. Shows drainage, some relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. "Nam... More

Map of the Springfield & Deep Run estates on the Coal Lands of the N. ...

Outline map of southeastern Virginia showing railroad connections in Richmond, Petersburg, and West Point. Indicates the Lynchburgh canal. Scale ca. 1:320,000. From Report on the Property of the New York & Rich... More

Map of the Catawissa, Williamsport & Erie Rail Road; showing its conne...

Map of Pennsylvania from Philadelphia north to the New York boundary and west to Williamsport. Shows county boundaries, drainage, coal field, important cities, and the existing and proposed railroads. Chartered... More

Map of the rail-roads of the state of New York prepared under the dire...

Map of New York and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, relief by hachures, county boundaries, cities and towns. Different colors indicate railroads in operation, in progress of construction and proposed... More

Resumption of the fast express train Through to Pittsburg in 13 hours....

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 8g.

Parker's sectional & geological map of Iowa exhibiting her iron, lead,...

Names of railroads are listed at lower left of map. Scale 1:506,880. LC also has another edition by "A.M. Bailey draughtsman", 1856 which includes advertisements below inset and at left of title. LC Railroad ma... More

Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's rail road map of the United States showin...

Includes index to railroads and indexed "Plan of the New England States". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned into 45 sections and mounted on cloth for f... More

Pennsylvania rail road and its connections. Office of the Pennsylvania...

Map of the Milwaukee & Superior Rail Road and its connections.

Map of Wisconsin and parts of Illinois and Michigan showing drainage, county boundaries, larger cities, and the railroad network. The main line is in red, and the Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad is in blue. Scal... More

A new and complete county map of all the rail roads in the United Stat...

Covers the eastern half of the United States. Shows drainage, county boundaries, and place names. Scale 1:2,112,000. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1857 by Wm. Perris. LC Railroad maps, 34 Des... More

[Design drawing for woodwork for new covered and elevated Pulpit and C...

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Reduced. The great central Pennsylvania rail road route to the west .....

Transportation.; On verso: M.C. #09-82-038.191 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122... 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

Map of the Isthmus of Panama representing the line of the Panama Rail ...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Transferred from the collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum, 1980. Includes "Profile of the Panama Rail Road." Available also through t... More

Township map of Wisconsin showing The Milwaukee & Horicon Rail Road an...

Map of Wisconsin and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, state boundaries, township lines, cities, and towns. Scale ca. 1:1,400,000. Entered according to an act of Congress in the District of Wisconsin i... More

Fare reduced! The great central Pennsylvania rail road route to the we...

Transportation.; On verso of Copy 1: M.C. #09-82-038.188; On verso of Copy 2: M.C. #09-82-038.189 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text ... More

Map of the proposed Lock Haven & Tyrone Rail Road, by J. M. McMinn, Es...

Strip map, showing drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, roads, and a canal, between the Susquehanna and the Juniata Rivers in Pennsylvania. Scale 1:47,520. LC Railroad maps, 445 Description derived f... More

Map and profiles showing the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road with its bra...

Detailed map of part of the middle Atlantic region showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, canals, roads, and the railroad network, with proposed extensions of lines. Scale 1:380,160. LC Railroad maps, 33... More

A new and complete rail road map of the United States compiled from re...

Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, "finished railroads," and "railroads in progress." Scale ca. 1:4,500,000. LC Railroad maps, 35 Description derived from published b... More

Map of the Fremont and Indiana Rail Road and its connections, December...

Map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing drainage, place names, state boundaries, and the completed and proposed railroad network. Chartered April 25, 1853. Opened in 1859. Scale ca. 1:2,... More

Map of the Stanstead, Shefford, and Chambly Rail Road, and its connect...

Map of the New England states and part of Canada showing the railroad network, relief by hachures, and place names. Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. LC Railroad maps, 570 Description derived from published bibliography. ... More

Map showing route of Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road and its connection...

Map of the eastern United States between the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River. Shows drainage, place names and the railroad network. Chartered March 17, 1851. Line completed in 1858. consolidated in Apr... More

Map of the rail roads of the state of New York showing the stations, d...

Outside the neat line are lists of distances arranged by individual railroad companies. "Connections with other roads" are listed across bottom of map. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 264 Description d... More

Johnson's map of Indiana showing the rail roads and townships compiled...

Shows drainage, cities and towns, townships, and the railroad network. Scale ca. 1:675,000. LC Railroad maps, 211 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress ... More

J. Sage & Son's new & reliable rail road map comprising all the railro...

Outline commercial map of the eastern half of the United States framed in decorative borders indicating major drainage systems, state boundaries, cities and towns along railroad routes, and distances between s... More

Tunis new colored rail road map of the United States & Canadas; revise...

Map of the eastern United States to about the 96th Meridian. Lower right corner of map has "table showing the length of rail roads, and the page on which their time tables may be found in the guide." "The conti... 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

Map of the Northern Rail Road of New Jersey.

Topographic map of part of New Jersey and New York, covering the area north of the Hudson River and between Jersey City and Nyack, N.Y. The map shows drainage, roads, houses, cities and towns, single-track, dou... More

Map of the Toledo, Wabash, and Gt. Western Rail Road Line, and its con...

Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing railroad lines and major cities. Scale ca. 1:8,000,000. Accompanied by The Gold Mines of Kansas and Nebraska (New York, 1859) At left of m... 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 of Texas showing the Sabine and Galveston Bay Rail Road, or Texas ...

Outline map of Texas and vicinity showing railroads actually built, under construction, and chartered but not under contract. Scale ca. 1:2,002,000. LC Railroad maps, 551 Description derived from published bibl... More

Map of the United States west of the Mississippi showing the routes to...

Detailed general map framed in decorative borders showing drainage, state boundaries, cities and towns, and the transportation and communication networks. An excellent example of a promotional map to encourage ... More

Complete map of the rail roads and water courses in the United Staes &...

Also shows electric telegraph lines in operation. Shows only a portion of southern Canada. Shows wood block print of the first national Confederate flag overprinted on map and marks the boundary of the early Co... More

The Sitting on a rail, or raccoon hunt. Sold, wholesale and retail by...

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The Rail candidate. - Public domain portrait print

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Map of Texas, showing the line of the Texas and New Orleans Rail Road,...

Shows railroads actually built, partially finished, under contract, and chartered but not under contract. Covers area of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico and includes Louisiana, Arkansas, and parts of adj... More

Map of rail road line between Loveland and Cincinnati; Marietta and Ci...

Physical map of part of Hamilton County, Ohio, showing relief by hachures, drainage, the location of the main line, and other operating and proposed lines, roads, cities, and towns. Reorganized August 1, 1860.

Barringtons new and reliable railroad map and shippers & travellers gu...

Index of place names appears to either side and bottom of the map. A list of "Railroads Represented on this Map" appears below the index. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 295 Description derived from pu... More

Map of the Shore Line Rail Road route between New York and Boston, sho...

Detailed map of lower New England states and part of New York indicating drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, township lines, and the railroad network. Scale ca. 1:420,000. "The Shore Line possesses th... More

The Cumberland Valley Rail Road, near Scotland, destroyed by Rebels

Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. C-14. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.941) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

Frank Pierce, one of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, diving for a m...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 286 (1861 May 11), p. 409 (right center).

Rail road map of the southern states shewing the southern & southweste...

Scale ca. 1:1,880,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 31.5 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Thomas Kimber Jr." Inset: Southern part of Florida. 25 x 18 cm. Map depicts rail lines, roads,... More

Locomotive #56, U.S. Military Railroad/City Point. Troops Ready to be ...

Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Colton's map of the southern states : including Maryland, Delaware, Vi...

Relief shown by spot heights and hachures. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of southern Florida, text, and statistical t... More

[Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state...

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.55 From Harper's weekly, v. 5, Nov. 9, 1861. Following p. 706. Inset: Charleston and Beaufort, South Carolina. 12 x 12 cm. Includes portraits of Lincoln, ... More

[Log cabin beside tree and rail fence]

Formerly Waud no. B-149 Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP1919:R1.2.0913). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Complete map of the rail roads and water courses, in the United States...

Map of the eastern half of the United States and part of Canada showing drainage, state boundaries, and place names. Shows steamboat routes and railroads in operation, in progress, and projected. Scale ca. 1:5,... More

Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state ...

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Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...

Scale ca. 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.5 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 185[5?] by J.H. Colton & Co." Inset: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 19 cm. Includes tables of population... More

Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...

Scale ca 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.6 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." Printed by Lang & Laing, N.Y. Insets: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 20 cm.-Colton'... More

Colton's new topographical map of the states of Virginia, Maryland and...

Scale 1:760,320. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.9 Another issue. Lang & Laing Lith, N.Y. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. H. Colton." 1864 edition listed as Civil War Maps entry no.... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: African American l...

No. 54 (handwritten) and 2555 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Map of the Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road the city and harbor of Erie i...

Detailed strip map from rights of way surveys showing the location of the line between Sunbury and Erie and the counties through which the line traverses. Relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns along th... More

George B. McClellan to John Tucker, Thursday, March 13, 1862 (Telegra...

Colton's map of the southern states, including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: pieces of rail and...

No. 55 (handwritten) and 2556 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Lloyd's official map of the state of Kentucky compiled from actual sur...

Detailed township and county map showing relief by hachures, drainage, coal and iron mines, salt works, canals, roads, and the railroad network. Scale 1:512,500. LC Railroad maps, 225 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.... More

Confederate Method of Destroying Rail Roads at McCloud Mill, Virginia

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New railway guide containing all the rail roads in Pennsylvania & N. J...

Map of the northeastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, oil region, cities and towns, distances between stations, and county names and boundaries in red. Scale ca. 1:800,000. Signed in ink a... More

Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state ...

Scale ca. 1:2,970,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 37 At top of map: Bacon's shilling series of war maps,-no. 3. Inset: Enlarged plan of the battle fields of Virginia and Maryland. Scale ca. 1:1,040,000. 16 x ... More

Hazard's rail road & military map of the southern states.

Shows railroads, forts, location and dates of engagements, state and county boundaries, roads, towns, and rivers. Scale ca. 1:1,880,000. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Thomas Kimber,... More

J. H. Colton's map of the southern states. Maryland, Delaware, Virgini...

Scale ca. 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 37.6 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by J. H. Colton." Printed by Lang & Cooper. Insets: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 19 cm.-Colton's... More

Map of the Kentucky Central Rail Road and Valley of Licking River from...

"Fortifications Map File" Plans of Military Forts

Colton's rail road and county map of the southern states containing th...

Relief shown by hachures. Insets: Galveston and vicinity, Texas -- Vicinity of the Rio Grande -- New Orleans and delta of the Mississippi, Louisiana -- Mobile harbor, Alabama -- Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Flori... More

A Little Game of Bagatelle, Between Old Abe the Rail Splitter & Little...

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Life in Camp, Part 1: Building Castles; Hard Tack; Upset His Coffee; W...

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A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...

The contest for the presidency in 1864 is depicted as a game of bagatelle (a game similar to pool) between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln (left) holds a cue "Bal... More

The "Rail splitter" at work repairing the Union.

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A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...

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Colton's new topographical map of the states of Virginia, Maryland and...

Scale 1:760,320. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 48.2 Printed by Lang & Laing Lith., N.Y. appears in the lower left corner. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. H. Colton." General map show... More

Winslow Homer - Life in Camp, Part 1: Riding on a Rail

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

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

Bridge on Orange and Alexandria Rail Road, as Repaired by Army Enginee...

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Union Pacific Rail Road, map of a portion of Nebraska Territory, showi...

Sectional map of part of Nebraska showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the survey lines. "Drawn by J.J. O'Brien." Incorporated in 1862 by Act of Congress providing for the construction of... More

Died, near the south-side rail road, on Sunday April 9th, 1865, The So...

Surrounded by black mourning border. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map and profile of first 40 miles of Union Pacific Rail Road Eastern D...

Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, vegetation, roads, and railroads in Kansas, from Kansas City to Lawrence. Scale 1:63,360. Across bottom of map: Profile of line. LC Railroad maps, 589 Descript... More

Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Rail Road, near Manchester, ...

Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)

Gallirallus philippensis (Banded rail) . Gallirallus dieffenbachii (Di...

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Map of United States military rail roads, showing the rail roads opera...

Scale ca. 1:1,875,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 56 Map of the Southeast showing towns, forts, rivers, and state boundaries. Railroad gauges are printed in color. Engraver's name appears below the map title ... More