Gems

Overshadowed by Philadelphia’s Great Centennial Exhibition in 1876 is the “Great Central Fair”, held in a 200,000 square foot building

Political thought often dominates many of the boundaries represented on maps (think: “gerrymandering”). In November 2018 I discussed the fact

The year 1860 was apparently one in which a concentrated effort was made to map many of the County’s farms.

The “Traveller’s Guide and Map of the United States” is Map 73 in the Society’s Map Collection and dates to