#historic map

1938 map of New York City and Long Island focused on the works of Robert Moses titled "The Land of Moses."

Source: Rachel Cole, curator, Northwestern University Transportation Library.

“I defy anyone to take this psychedelic creation and figure out how to get anywhere!”

Celebrating 50 Years of Chrystie St.

Map of Poland, 1948. Published by the Association of Polish University Professors and Lecturers in Great Britain, compiled in 1944 by the Polish Exile Government in London.

A New Map of North America Showing Its Principal Divisions, Chief Cities, Towns, Rivers Mountains &c: Dedicated to His Highness William, Duke of Glocester (1719)

Collection The Texas Collection Maps

Source Baylor University, The Texas Collection, Waco, TX

Full Item http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-maps/id/29

Get Orientated

For thousands of years, people have used a range of methods to navigate over land and water, to give directions, and to describe place. 

Imagine traversing the continental United States without the direction of a well-established system of maps or roads, with only celestial patterns and land contours as guidance. 

This month, we will look at a variety of park cultural landscapes through the historic and contemporary maps, site plans, and related resources that have played a role in their discovery, definition, and preservation. 

1928 Site Plan of Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress. 

Find Your Park

Each national park’s individual story is reflected in its maps. In parks of varying sizes and locations, maps and signs help today’s visitors connect to multiple layers of the landscape. 

A park map can help you find the nearest visitor center, scenic overlook, or subway stop. Maps and drawings can also describe the development of parks and the transformation (and persistence) of cultural and natural features.

Map of Boston, MA, Vol. 1, 1867 (Image 7), Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Massachusetts: Boston (Suffolk County). From Library of Congress Geography & Map Division.