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Keystone View Company
, Slater Mill, first cotton mill in United States, Pawtucket, R.I.

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Keystone View Company
, Slater Mill, first cotton mill in United States, Pawtucket, R.I., 1927

Stereograph photo print of Slater Mill in Pawtucket, RI

Keystone View Company
, Slater Mill, first cotton mill in United States, Pawtucket, R.I.

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Keystone View Company
, Slater Mill, first cotton mill in United States, Pawtucket, R.I., 1927

Stereograph photo print of Slater Mill in Pawtucket, RI

US Geological Survey, Composite RI 1-10

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US Geological Survey, Composite RI 1-10, 1891

Composite of 10 col. topographic maps showing settlements, township boundaries, roads, railroads, streams, buildings, etc. Relief shown by contours…

dir. John Turteltaub, National Treasure (2004)

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dir. John Turteltaub, National Treasure (2004), 2004

Film still

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Isothermal chart: Mean distribution of heat for the Winter on the North American Continent

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Isothermal chart: Mean distribution of heat for the Winter on the North American Continent

14" length, variable width, $39.95

Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, Globe--Vincenzo Coronelli

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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, Globe--Vincenzo Coronelli, 1696

The globe is composed of two sets of twelve late seventeenth-century copper-engraved half gores and two polar calottes, coloured by hand and laid down…

Vincenzo Coronelli, TERRESTRIAL LIBRARY GLOBE -- CORONELLI, VINCENZO (1650-1718)

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Vincenzo Coronelli, TERRESTRIAL LIBRARY GLOBE -- CORONELLI, VINCENZO (1650-1718)

TERRESTRIAL LIBRARY GLOBE -- CORONELLI, VINCENZO (1650-1718)
Terrestrial globe, diameter 108cm, [gores Venice: c.1688]; stand Greaves and Thomas…

Robert Morden and William Berry, AN EARLY ENGLISH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE

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Robert Morden and William Berry, AN EARLY ENGLISH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, 1673

NAGAKUBO, Sekisui, Kaisei chikyu bankoku zenzu

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NAGAKUBO, Sekisui, Kaisei chikyu bankoku zenzu, 1785

A world Map centered on the Pacific due to the perspective from Japan

CARTARO, Mario, The first dated globe to name Canada

[A pair of table globes] Marius Cartarus Viterbiensis Autor Incidebat Romae MDLXXVII.

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CARTARO, Mario, The first dated globe to name Canada

[A pair of table globes] Marius Cartarus Viterbiensis Autor Incidebat Romae MDLXXVII.
, 1577.

The terrestrial: 158mm diameter and composed of 12 engraved gores laid down onto a solid wooden sphere, signed in the engraved cartouche, the…

John Ogilby, Road from London to the City of Bristol. Plate I. London to Marlborough.

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John Ogilby, Road from London to the City of Bristol. Plate I. London to Marlborough., 1675

First edition, large paper copy. Chubb: "This is the first survey of the roads of England and Wales. It is composed of 102 copper plates and 200 pages…

The Evening Times, $30,000 Electric Plant. Reginald Vanderbilt Will Install Elaborate One at Sandy Point - Visits Alfred G. Vanderbilt

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The Evening Times, $30,000 Electric Plant. Reginald Vanderbilt Will Install Elaborate One at Sandy Point - Visits Alfred G. Vanderbilt, 1/2/1903

Article detailing Vanderbilt's investment in an electric plant in RI

Hunt, Richard Morris, 1827-1895, architect
Vanderbilt, William K. (William Kissam), 1849-1920, client
, Marble House, William Kissam Vanderbilt house (Newport, Rhode Island). Section. Rendering

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Hunt, Richard Morris, 1827-1895, architect
Vanderbilt, William K. (William Kissam), 1849-1920, client
, Marble House, William Kissam Vanderbilt house (Newport, Rhode Island). Section. Rendering, 1888-1892

Original architectural drawing showing section of Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island, with rendering of interiors.

Bain News Service, publisher, Mrs. H. Oelrich's, Newport

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Bain News Service, publisher, Mrs. H. Oelrich's, Newport, 1910-1915

Photograph shows "Rosecliff," the mansion owned by Hermann and Tessie Oelrich in Newport, Rhode Island.

Welcke, Robert A., Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard, Mass. 1890.

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Welcke, Robert A., Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard, Mass. 1890., 1890.

- Perspective map not drawn to scale.
- Bird's-eye-view.
- LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 317
- Available also through the Library of Congress…

New York Herald, A Home for Immigrant Girls Father Riordan's Successor at Castle Garden Makes an Appeal

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New York Herald, A Home for Immigrant Girls Father Riordan's Successor at Castle Garden Makes an Appeal, 12-25-1887

basically, a new priest is getting appointed and he's saying how the previous priest did so well with the immigrants and how we need to keep that up

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New York Tribune, The Immigrant Rate War. Commissioner Fink's Statement. Rival Roads Busy At Castle Garden--Success Of; Article Type: News/Opinion

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New York Tribune, The Immigrant Rate War. Commissioner Fink's Statement. Rival Roads Busy At Castle Garden--Success Of; Article Type: News/Opinion, 04-24-1888

seems that they made a new law to make it harder to discriminate against immigrants traveling

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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al Istakhri, Map of the World, Istakhri

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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al Istakhri, Map of the World, Istakhri, 9th century?

Map of the world from the earliest of the KMMS Ottoman Cluster, 878/1473, Sulemaniye Camii Kutuphanesi, Istanbul, A.S. 2971a, fol. 3a.

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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al-Istakhri (آبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن محمد الفارسي الإصطخري) (also Estakhri, Persian: استخری‎, i.e. from the Iranian city of Istakhr, b. - d. 957 AD [346AH][1]) was a Persian medieval geographer in medieval Islam and traveler of the 10th century., Map of the Persian Gulf by Estakhri

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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al-Istakhri (آبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن محمد الفارسي الإصطخري) (also Estakhri, Persian: استخری‎, i.e. from the Iranian city of Istakhr, b. - d. 957 AD [346AH][1]) was a Persian medieval geographer in medieval Islam and traveler of the 10th century., Map of the Persian Gulf by Estakhri, 8-9thC

8-9thC map of the Persian Gulf

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mapway, London Tube Map App

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mapway, London Tube Map App, 2018

Tube Map prepares you for the journey ahead with line status updates, real-time routing to anywhere in London and of course the latest official Tube…

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