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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Plan or Map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Geographicus - Philadelphia-colton-1855.jpg An excellent 1855 first edition example of Colton's rare map of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Covers the city from the Schuylkill River in the northwest to the Delaware River in the southwest and from Somerset Street to Mt Keon Street Hand colored in pink green yellow and blue pastels to identify city wards In general this map offers extraordinary detail at level of individual streets and buildings Identifies the Navy Yard the Country Prison Girard College the Reading Railroad the Alms House Fairmont Waterworks and the Odd Fellows Cemetery Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published as page no 21 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 13 5 16 object history credit line accession number Philadelphia-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 1 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of Philadelphia 1855 maps | ||||
