1856 PennsylvaniaBy: Joseph H. Colton Date of Original: 1856 (published) New York Original Size: 14 x 17 inches (35. 5 x 43. 2 cm) This is a fine print reproduction of a map of Pennsylvania, published by Joseph H. Colton out of New York in 1856. The map is color coded by county with townships also identified and shows railroads, common roads, rivers, canals, mountains, lakes, large towns and villages of the mid 19th century. Inventory #NA118

This imagery is quite representative of the way otherworldly locations would be depicted through mid-century cinema and literature

especially the rice and cotton trade reliant on river transport and enslaved labor

and architectural achievements

It is a very beautifully engraved map with very fine topographic detail throughout

including a sailboat

and the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge

Within the central valley west of the Sierra Nevada mountains is a long stretch of marsh land along the San Joaquin River that feeds Tulare Lake

and perhaps on the work of Arrowsmith and Melish

Date: 1851 (Published) Edinburgh

which includes a chateau

Arizona from 1904 - 1906

Custer's Last Stand