Cultural Landscapes

Maps of Missouri history, economy, art, and politics help illustrate the various events that shaped the life and times of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Missouri

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Description:Appears to be no. 34 detached from: A complete chronological, and geographical American atlas..., Carey and Lea, 3rd ed., cor. and impr., Philadelphia, 1827. -P.L. Phillips, A list of geographical atlases..., no. 1177, p. 608-609.

Date: 1827(?)

Scale: ca. 1:2,340,000

Mapmaker: Lea & Febiger

Published: Philadelphia : Carey & Lea


Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Missouri

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Description:Appears to be detached from : A complete historical, chronological and geographical American atlas ... / H.C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia, 1823. -- no. 34.

Date: 1823(?)

Scale: ca. 1:2,340,000

Mapmaker: Lea

Published: Philadelphia : Carey & Lea


Ground plan of Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 1904

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Description:Indicates coal mines; coal, zinc, lead ores; lead furnaces; mills; coal meltures; lower carboniferous. Also shows rivers, railroads, towns.

Date: 1904

Scale: 1:6,660. '555 ft. = 1 in.'

Mapmaker: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, MO.)

Published: St. Louis : O. Schrowang


Ground plan of Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., World's Fair, 1904

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Description:Includes index of 187 buildings and exhibits.

Date: 1904

Scale: ca. 1:3,600

Mapmaker: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, MO.)

Published: St. Louis : Louisiana Purchase Exposition


Ground plan, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, World's Fair, 1904

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Description:Indicates names of exhibits and includes index to state buildings and model city.

Date: 1903

Scale: ca. 1:3,600

Mapmaker: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, MO.)

Published: St. Louis : Louisiana Purchase Exposition


Industrial map of the southern part of St. Louis (Carondelet)

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Description:Shows 119 sites of public buildings, factories, and businesses. Compiled from official records & surveys by E.R. Kinsey & Bros., surveyors

Date: 1910(?)

Mapmaker: E.R. Kinsey & Bros.

Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Carondelet Business Men's Association


Map of Forest Park

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Date: 1882

Scale: 1:4, 800. 'Scale of 400'

Mapmaker: Link, Theodore C. (Theodore Carl), 1850-1923

Published: St. Louis, Mo : R.P. Studley & Co., Lith.


Map of part of the City of Saint Louis

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Description:Shows the city south of Calvary Cemetery and east of Forest Park. Oriented with north to right. : Explaination: 'Outline figures give number of wards; blue firgures give number of inhibitants per acre; red figures give death rates per 1000 inhibitnats'. : Shows: 'Total population, 383,006; Total area, 39,214.6 acres; Population per acre, 9.8; Average deaths per 1000, 21.35.' : Includes table that gives, by ward, the number of inhabitants per acre and the death rates per 1000 inhabitants.

Date: 1884

Scale: 1:26,400. '2200 ft. per inch.'

Mapmaker: American Public Health Association Meeting (12th : Saint Louis : 1884)

Published: St. Louis : A. Gast & Co.


Map of part of the City of Saint Louis

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Description:Shows the city south of Calvary Cemetery and east of Forest Park. Oriented with north to right. Explanation shows color coding: green 'shows districts sewered and supplied with water;' blue 'shows districts supplied with water;' yellow 'shows districts sewered.' : Shows 'Water-pipe in use April, 1884, 238 miles; Public and district sewers completed April, 1884, 223 4/10 miles; Private sewers, about 58 4/10 miles.'

Date: 1884

Scale: 1:26,400. '2200 ft. per inch.

Mapmaker: American Public Health Association Meeting (12th : Saint Louis : 1884)

Published: St. Louis : A. Gast & Co.


Map of part of the City of Saint Louis

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Description:Shows the city from south of Calvary Cemetery and east of Forest Park. Shaded areas show the death rate per 1000 of population. States that the 1866 population was 204,000; deaths from cholera, 3,527; deaths from other causes, 5,379.

Date: 1884

Scale: ca. 1:26,400. 2200 ft. per inch.

Mapmaker: American Public Health Association Meeting (12th : Saint Louis : 1884)

Published: St. Louis : A. Gast & Co.


Map of St. Louis city & county

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Description:Shows existing and proposed parks and reservations; also, main travelled roads and proposed parkways and boulevards.

Date: 1907

Scale: ca. 1:57,024

Mapmaker: Travilla, James C.

Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Civic League of St. Louis


Map of the campus and grounds, University of Missouri at Columbia

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Description:Shows main campus, science quadrangle, horticultural grounds, and farm quadrangle. Names 43 buildings.

Date: 1914

Scale: 1:ca.4800

Mapmaker: Major, H. F.

Published: [Columbia, Mo.] : [University of Missouri]


Map of the city of St. Louis

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Description:Inset: [Northern extension of city].

Date: 1910

Mapmaker: Saint Louis (Mo.) Public Service Commission

Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Public Service Commission


Map of Washington County, Missouri

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Description:Shows lead, zinc, iron and copper mines; lead, zinc and iron furnaces; grist and saw mills.

Date: 187(?)

Scale: ca. 1:84,480. 3/4 in. to one mile

Mapmaker: Will, F.

Published: St. Louis, Mo : Lith. by A. Gast & Co.


Map showing density of population east of Grand Ave

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Description:Shows the city of St. Louis, east of Grand Ave. and north of Utah St. Shows parks, playgrounds, public schools, and public baths. Population density per city block is shown by hand coloring and numbering.

Date: 19(?)

Scale: ca. 1:25,000 not '1 inch:600'

Mapmaker: Saint Louis (Mo.) Public Baths Commission

Published: St. Louis, Mo : Public Baths Commission


Mineral resources of Missouri

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Description:Shows mineral deposits, mills, smelters, and plants.

Date: 1944

Scale: ca. 1:600,000

Mapmaker: A. Hoen & Co.

Published: Baltimore, Md. : A. Hoen & Co.


St. Louis World's Fair : Louisiana Purchase Exposition, May to December, 1904

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Description:Includes index of buildings and exhibits.

Date: 1903

Scale: ca. 1:10,800

Mapmaker: Woodward and Tiernan Printing Company

Published: Buffalo, NY : J.N. Matthews, Co.


Zoological Park of St. Louis

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Description:Situated in Southwest part of Forest Park, bounded by Government, Washington, Concourse and Wells Drives, about 1500 feet wide x 2900 feet long - 77 acres. : Estimated cost when completed $2,000,000.00.

Date: 1919

Scale: 1:1,800. 1 in.=150 ft.

Mapmaker: Muskopf & Irish Company

Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Zoological Society of St. Louis