COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map of the City of Detroit.
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj Width cm:
53
Scale 1:
14,000
Note:
Hand col. lithographed map. Shows wards, railroads and stations, etc.
Reference:
Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900, 5-0622; Koerner, Detroit and vicinity before 1900, 105; Karpinski, 486.
Full Title:
Map of the City of Detroit, 1873. Compiled by Eugene Robinson, City Surveyor. Ent'd. ... 1871 by Eugene Robinson ... Washington. The Calvert Lith. Co., Detroit. (Drawn, compiled, and edited by H.F. Walling, C.E. ... Published by R.M. & S.T. Tackabury, Detroit, Mich. Entered ... 1873, by H.F. Walling ... Washington. The Claremont Manufacturing Company, Claremont, N.H., Book Manufacturers)
List No:
1147.079
Page No:
126-127
Series No:
84
Pub Date:
1873
Pub Title:
Atlas of the State of Michigan, including statistics and descriptions of its topography, hydrology, climate, natural and civil history, railways, educational institutions, material resources, etc. By Alexander Winchell, LL.D. ... Hon. C.I. Walker, Oramel Hosford, Esq., Henry M. Utley, Esq., and Ray Haddock, Esq. Drawn, compiled, and edited by H.F. Walling, C.E. ... Published by R.M. & S.T. Tackabury, Detroit, Mich. (on verso) Entered ... 1873, by H.F. Walling ... Washington. The Claremont Manufacturing Company, Claremont, N.H., Book Manufacturers.
Pub Reference:
Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900, 5-2112; Karpinski, 478; Phillips, 1960; Phillips Maps of America, p. 427; Miles, Michigan atlases and plat books, 2; LeGear, Atlases of the United States, L1754.
Pub Note:
The first Michigan State atlas. Full color. Bound in half leather brown cloth covers with title reading "Atlas of the State of Michigan" stamped in gold on the front and blind stamped on the back.
Pub List No:
1147.000
Pub Maps:
84
Pub Height cm:
46
Pub Width cm:
36
Image No:
1147079
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Detroit
Publisher:
R.M. & S.T. Tackabury
Type:
Atlas Map
State/Province:
Michigan
City:
Detroit (Mich.)
Engraver or Printer:
Calvert Lithographing Co.
Engraver or Printer:
Claremont Manufacturing Company
Publication Author:
Walling, H. F.
Pub Type:
State Atlas
Author:
Robinson, Eugene
Author:
Walling, H. F.
Date:
1873
Map of the City of Detroit.
