Washington, D.C., 1855 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Colton's Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America. It was published by J.H. Colton in 1855. Scale [ca. 1:25,750]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, block numbers, city wards, built-up areas, selected government buildings, parks, and more. Includes views: Smithsonian Institution -- The Capitol -- Washington Monument. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Poverty workshop at NOW conference in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Del Martin speaking at lesbian workshop at NOW conference in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Wilma Scott Heide at podium at NOW Conference, Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Sidney Abbott speaks at lesbian workshop at NOW conference in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Esther Peterson, Executive Vice Chair of Women's Bureau in Washington, D.C. since 1920, speaks at U.S. department of Labor Conference in NYC

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Bella Abzug anti-nuclear rally in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Anti-war demonstration in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

ERA demonstration in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Business and advertising workshop at NOW conference in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

[In main hall of] NOW conference in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

ERA, Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Susan B. Anthony Poster at NOW conference in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Arrests on May Day at the mall in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

[In main hall of] NOW conference in Washington, D.C.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.