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1 map : col. ; 107 x 70 cmShows cut areas, timbered and timberless areas, burned areas, and Northern Pacific land grant boundariesPlate III from the "Nineteenth annual report" of the U.S. Geological Survey, Part 5, Forest reserves (1898)Public land…

1 map: col., 48 x 65 cm."Relative importance of places indicated by size." State capitals and county seats identified by symbols."Rand, McNally, & Co.'s New Business Atlas Map of Washington"At top: "Issued by Bureau of Statistics and Immigration,…

1 map : col. ; 48 x 66 cm.State capitals and County seats identified by symbols.A key to Railroads is located in the lower left. Shows Railroads and Steamship lines.Includes index of cities with a population of 1,000 or more.At top: "Library atlas…

1 sheet ; 35 x 52 cm. Promotional broadside which includes: Rand, McNally & Co.'s business atlas map of Washington. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Originally folded to 18 x 9 cm. View map on front:…

1 sheet ; 35 x 52 cm. Promotional broadside which includes: Rand, McNally & Co.'s business atlas map of Washington.Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Originally folded to 18 x 9 cm. View text and maps of…

1 map : col. ; 33 x 50 cm.Political map showing counties, cities and railroads.Relief shown by hachures.Scale ca. 1:600,000.

1 map: col., 37 x 28 cm.One of the leading map publishing companies of the 20th century, Rand McNally and Co. began in Chicago, 1865. Under the partnership of William H. Rand and Andrew McNally (started in 1868), the company quickly grew from…

1 map: col., 28 x 34 cm.One of the first successful American publishing companies to venture beyond the east coast, Rand McNally and Co. began in Chicago, 1856, under William H. Rand. Rand soon after employed printer Andrew McNally, and by 1868 the…

1 map : col. ; 32 x 49 cm.Relief shown by hachuresScale ca. 1:1,500,000 (W 12500--W 11700/N 4900--N 4530)

Artistic representation of Ralph Waldo Emerson

2 pages, 8.5x14. This letter addressed to 'The Veterans of the State of Washington' on December 28, 1920 asks for support of Initiative 37, which proposed to close loopholes that allowed Asian immigrants to own land by proxy in the name of children…

Andrew Carnegie and his philanthropic work. Giving to Scotland yet he is wearing an American flag kilt, signifying where his wealth was earned.

1 map : col ; 22 x 41 cm.Scanned from: Pullman primer, Pullman Washington, home of the State College of Washington. Pullman was first settled in the 1870s, and platted in 1882 as Three Forks. The name was changed to Pullman in…

1 map : col. ; 79 X 114 cmRelief shown by hachures and spot heightsOn verso: Counties and towns index to Public Service Commission map of WashingtonScale ca. 1:506,880. 1 in. = 8 miles (W 124°50--W 116°50/N 49°10--N 45°20)

A drawing of the proposed Administration Building by Herman Preusse, later contemptuously dubbed by President Bryan "the Castle." In 1892, the total fund for building at WSU was $60,000, yet the projected expense of Preusse's design was over…

1 map; 32 x 29 cm. From June 1st, 1905 to October 15th, 1905, Portland, Oregon hosted the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. The world's fair garnered just under two and a half million admissions, made a hefty profit for its investors, and…

1 map: color, 35 x 92 cm. Soundings are in feet and show the depth at Mean Lower Low Water. Various types of hachures show various depth contours: thirty foot, twenty-four foot, eighteen foot, twelve foot, and low water lines. Scale:…

1 map; 18 x 26 cm. Though Burlington (the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Co.) had an extensive national network, close examination of this map points out that the northwest portions of these routes are connections, and not part of the…

1 ms. drawing: 13 x 19 cm. An engraving made from Point's drawing of Sacred Heart Reduction, (1846) Mission du Sacre Coeur de Jesus parmi les Coeurs d'Alenes. Published in Pierre-Jean de Smet's Missions de l'Orégon et voyages aux montagnes…

1 ms.: bird's-eye, 11 x 18.5 cm. Fr. Nicholas Point headed to the Rocky Mountains in 1841 with Father Pierre Jean DeSmet and five other Jesuit missionaries. As the group's official diarist on this trip, Point sketched the campus of the St. Francis…

1 ms.; 8.5 x 13 cm. In September 1841, Nicholas Point and his fellow Jesuit, Charles Huet, selected the first site in the Coeur d'Alene River valley near the present town of St. Mary's, Idaho, for the foundation of the second Jesuit mission in the…

1 ms.; bird's-eye, 11 x 18.5 cm. Fr. Nicholas Point headed to the Rocky Mountains in 1841 with Father Pierre Jean DeSmet and five other Jesuit missionaries. As the group's official diarist on this trip, Point sketched Saint Mary's Village among the…

1 map : col. ; 68 x 83 cmShows railroads, townships, ranges, and sections, and some landowner names and parcelsScale ca. 1:125,000