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1840
Philadelphia
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
1843
A Map of the County of Philadelphia from Actual Survey
Charles Ellet, Jr.
1849
Map of the Township of Oxford, Boroughs of Frankford & Bridesburg
M. Dripps
1855
New Map of the Consolidated City of Philadelphia
R. L. Barnes
1856
Philadelphia City Directory
A. McElroy
1858
Philadelphia City Directory
A. McElroy
1858-1860
Maps of the City of Philadelphia, 1858-1860
Hexamer & Locher
1860
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia
Samuel L. Smedley
1861
Philadelphia City Directory
A. McElroy
1866
Philadelphia City Directory
A. McElroy
1866-1896
Hexamer General Surveys
Ernest Hexamer
1870-2007
Mapping Penn, Land Acquisitions 1870-2007
University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center
1871
Atlas of the Late Borough of Germantown, 22nd Ward, City of Philadelphia
G. M. Hopkins
1872
New Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania
Henry F. Walling and O.W. Gray
1875
City Atlas of Philadelphia, Vol. 4, 25th Ward
G. M. Hopkins
1875
City Atlas of Philadelphia, Vol. 2, Wards 21 and 28
G. M. Hopkins
1875
City Atlas of Philadelphia, Vol. 6, Wards 2 through 20, 29 and 31
G. M. Hopkins
1876
City Atlas of Philadelphia, Vol. 3, 23rd Ward
G. M. Hopkins, C.E.
1885
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 1885
Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley, Civil Engineers
1886
Atlas of West Philadelphia, 24th and 27th Wards
Wm. G. Baist
1888
Baist's Property Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, Penna, complete in one volume
Baist, G. Wm. (George William), 1859-1927
1889
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, Volume 7, 22nd Ward
Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley, Civil Engineers
1891
Atlas of the Properties Along the North Pennsylvania, Bound Brook, and Pennsylvania Railroads
G. Wm. Baist
1895
Baist's Property Atlas of the City and County of Philadelphia, Penna, complete in one volume
Baist, G. Wm. (George William), 1859-1927
1895
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 1895
George W. & Walter S. Bromley, Civil Engineers
1901
Philadelphia and Vicinity
Rand McNally & Co.
1903
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dodd, Mead & Company
1910
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia
Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley, Civil Engineers
1910
Atlas of the 25th and 45th Wards of the City of Philadelphia
Elvino V. Smith, C.E.
1913
Atlas of Properties on Main Line Pennsylvania Railroad from Overbrook to Paoli
A. H. Mueller, Publisher
1916
Atlas of the North Penn Section of Montgomery County, Pa.
A. H. Mueller, Publisher
1920
Atlas of Properties on Main Line Pennsylvania Railroad from Overbrook to Paoli
A. H. Mueller, Publisher
1920
Noll's New Automobile Road and Driving Map of Philadelphia and Surrounding Country
E.P. Noll & Co., Philadelphia
1920 (circa)
Rand McNally Standard Map of Philadelphia
Rand McNally & Co.
1922
Philadelphia Pennsylvania and Camden New Jersey
Interstate Map Company, Newark, N.J.
1922
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (Central)
Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley, Civil Engineers
1924
Road Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity
Keystone Automobile Club
1925
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (North Phila.), Wards 25, 33, 37, 38, 43 and 45
Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley, Civil Engineers
1927
Atlas of the Reading Main Line, vol. 1, Montgomery County, Penna.
Frank H. M. Klinge
1928 (circa)
[Aerial Survey of the Philadelphia Region]
Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia Tri-State District
1929
Atlas of Delaware County, vol. 1
Frank H. M. Klinge
1929
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 23rd and 41st Wards
Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley, Civil Engineers
1930 (circa)
New Indexed Guide Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity
C. S. Wetsner & Son, Philadelphia
1930 (circa)
Aerial Survey of Philadelphia, PA
Dallian Aerial Survey Co.
1933
City of Philadelphia Zoning Maps
Philadelphia Zoning Board
1939
Atlas of Greater Northeast Philadelphia, Penna.
Franklin Survey Company
1942
Delaware River, Wilmington to Philadelphia
Department of Commerce, United States of America
1942
Philadelphia Land Use Map, 1942
Plans & Registry Division, Bureau of Engineering Surveys & Zoning, Department of Public Works, Federal Works Progress Administration for Pennsylvania
1946-1990
Philadelphia Neighborhoods: histories, plans and futures, 1946-1990
Reports from the Philadelphia City Planning Commission
1962
Philadelphia Land Use Map, 1962
Plans & Registry Division, Bureau of Engineering Surveys & Zoning, Department of Public Works, Federal Works Progress Administration for Pennsylvania
1966
Genealogy of Philadelphia County Subdivisions
John Daly and Allen Weinberg, City of Philadelphia Department of Records
 
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Philadelphia, 1840

Date: 1840
Creator: The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Source: Private Collection of William Krispin

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