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Map of Blockley Township including all public places, property owners, etc. [cartographic material] / Original surveys by S. M. Rea & J. Miller.
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Contributor
Rea, Samuel M., 1823-, surveyor.
Miller, James, approximately 1822-1880, surveyor.
Title
Map of Blockley Township including all public places, property owners, etc. [cartographic material] / Original surveys by S. M. Rea & J. Miller.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Published by Smith & Wistar, no. 15 Minor St
Date
[1849]
Physical Description
1 map: lithograph, hand-colored on rollers; 66 x 90 cm.(26 x 35.5 in.)
Description
Map of the West Philadelphia township incorporated into the city of Philadelphia following the Act of Consolidation in 1854. Shows names of property holders and industries; villages, roads; streets; Columbia, West Philadelphia, and Reading railroads; and creeks, including Beaver and Cobbs Creek. Also shows Blockley Almshouse, Laurel Hill Cemetery, and Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. Villages include Blockleyville, Haddington, and Monroeville.
Notes
Includes vignettes showing the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Spring Garden Water Works (i.e., Schuylkill Water Works), and the Blockley Alms House. Duplicates of vignettes included in J. C. Sidney, Map of the City of Philadelphia together with all the surrounding districts. Philadelphia: Smith & Wistar, 1849.
Contains a cartouche showing an eagle and scale of distance. Duplicate of vignette included in J. C. Sidney, Map of the City of Philadelphia together with all the surrounding districts. Philadelphia: Smith & Wistar, 1849.
Inscribed on verso: John Hare Powel. Philada. County.
Smith & Wistar dissolved their partnership in 1849.
Subject
Blockley Almshouse.
Schuylkill Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Geographic subject
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Maps.
Genre
Maps -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Printer
Smith & Wistar, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| rolled maps [P.2007.3]
Accession number
P.2007.3
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Map Collection
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