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Antique Maps of WASHINGTON STATE, OREGON, PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Please note: the digital images below are generally darker than the actual maps.
Most yellow fold lines appear more prominent than they are to the naked eye.
Images may also appear distorted due to the camera angle.

California, Oregon & Utah
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CALIFORNIA, THE TERRITORIES OF OREGON
& UTAH, AND THE CHIEF PART OF
NEW MEXICO


S. A. Mitchell (Burroughs)
(1850)
Pre-Gadsen Purchase


VERY RARE MAP!

Engraving, with original hand-coloring

Size: approx. 13.75 x 17 inches

Condition: Very Good, minor tears to extreme edges of paper in right margin,
a couple of light fox marks in ocean area; barely noticeable soft crease in upper left corner.



The following information comes from the David Rumsey Collection:

Note: Unlike earlier in 1850 edition (with title "Oregon, Upper California & New Mexico"), this divides the area into California, Oregon, Utah Territory, and New Mexico (all shown in full color) for the first time. "Gold Region" is shown but not specially colored as in early-1850 ed. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows Indian tribes. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.

Full Title: Map of the state of California, the territories of Oregon & Utah, and the chief part of New Mexico. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1845 by H.N. Burroughs in the ... District Court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania. [1850]

Engraver or Printer: Burroughs, H. N.

Published In: A new universal atlas containing maps of the various empires, kingdoms, states and republics of the World. With a special map of each of the United States, plans of cities &c. Comprehended in seventy sheets and forming a series of one hundred and seventeen maps, plans and sections ... Philadelphia, Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. No. 253 Market Street. 1850. Entered ... 1844, by Carey & Hart ... Pennsylvania. (title page by) J. Knight Sc.

Publication Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Publication Date: 1850

[References: Wheat, C.I. Maps of the Calif. Gold Region, 168; Wheat, C.I. Mapping the Trans-Mississippi West, 684; Moffat, R.M. Printed Maps of Utah to 1900, 22.; www.davidrumsey.com]




United States Exploring Edition Oregon Terrritory 1849
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MAP OF THE OREGON TERRITORY
FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES

"United States Exploring Expedtion" (1849)

Engraving

Size: approx. 13.75 x 9.25 inches

Condition: Good, age toning and one fox mark

Price: $250
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-19


Grant's Bankers & Brokers Atlas 1891
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WASHINGTON
"Grant's Bankers' and Brokers' Railroad Atlas" (1891)

Lithograph from Engraving, with hand-colored outlines

Size: approx. 25.25 x 17.5 inches

Condition: Excellent, with minor edgewear


WA-1


New General Atlas
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WASHINGTON & OREGON
"New General Atlas" Wm. M. Bradley & Sons (1886)

Color Lithograph with hand-colored outlines

Size: approx. 19 x 26 inches

Condition: Excellent


WA-2


Mitchell Washinton & Oregon County and Township 1880
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COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP MAP OF
WASHINGTON & OREGON

S. Augustus Mitchell (1880)

Color Lithograph with hand-colored outlines

Size: approx. 15.25 x 23.25 inches

Condition: Excellent, close left margin as issued
Minor edge/corner wear

Price: $110
(plus shipping/insurance)
folded on original fold lines, or rolled)

WA-3


Johnson & Browning Washington Oregon 1862
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JOHNSON'S
WASHINGTON & OREGON

Johnson and Browning (1862)

Hand-Colored Lithograph

Size: approx. 17.75 x 23.25 inches

Condition: Excellent, very minor handling in margins


WA-4

Mitchell's Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Montana 1867
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MAP OF
OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO
AND PART OF MONTANA

S. Augustus Mitchell (1867)

Hand-Colored Lithograph after engraving

Size: approx. 14.75 x 12.5 inches

Condition: Excellent, one or two fox marks in margin


WA-5


Mitchell OR, WA, ID, MT 1860
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MAP OF
OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO
AND PART OF MONTANA

S. Augustus Mitchell (1860)

Hand-Colored Lithograph after engraving

Size: approx. 15.25 x 12.5 inches

Condition: Excellent, minor handling to top margin,
Slight browining in lower margin


WA-6


Johnson and Ward's WA, OR, ID 1863
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MAP OF
WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND IDAHO
Johnson and Ward (1863)

Hand-Colored Lithograph after engraving

Size: approx. 18.25 x 14 inches

Condition: Very Good/Excellent, slight overall age toning;
faint water stain lower portion


WA-7


Mitchell OR, WA, ID, MT 1865
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MAP OF OREGON
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND
PART OF MONTANA
S. Augustus Mitchell (1865)

Hand-Colored Lithograph after engraving

Size: approx. 15.25 x 12.25 inches

Condition: Excellent, age toning in lower margin



WA-8


Mitchell 1866
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MAP OF OREGON
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND
PART OF MONTANA
S. Augustus Mitchell (1866)

Hand-Colored Lithograph after engraving

Size: approx. 15.25 x 12.25 inches

Condition: Excellent

Cram WA 1901
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MAP OF WASHINGTON
George F. Cram (1901)

Color Lithograph

Size: approx. 22.25 x 14.55 inches

Condition: Excellent, very minor age toning to extreme edges


WA-10


Johnsons' WA OR 1865
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JOHNSON'S OREGON & WASHINGTON
A.J. Johnson (1865)

Hand-Colored Lithograph

Size: approx. 12 x 17.5 inches

Condition: Good, minor repaired old edge tears, bright, mediocre coloring


WA-11


Washington Territory 1887
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WASHINGTON TY.
(OREGON ON REVERSE SIDE)
unknown publisher (1887)

Color Lithograph

Size: approx. 13.5 x 11 inches

Condition: Excellent


WA-12


post 1871 WA
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WASHINGTON
unknown publisher (unknown date after 1871 boundary settlement)

Color Lithograph

Size: approx. 14 x 9.25 inches

Condition: Excellent

Price: $40
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-13


People's Publishing WA
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WASHINGTON
People's Publishing Co. (unknown date late 19th, early 20th)

Color Engraving

Size: approx. 13.5 x 11.25 inches

Condition: Excellent

Price: $30
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-14


Century Atlas 1897
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WASHINGTON
Century Atlas (1897)

Chromolithograph

Size: approx. 16 x 12 inches

Condition: Excellent

Price: $40
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-15


Cram's 1890 WA
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WASHINGTON
Geo. F. Cram (1890s)

Color Engraving

Size: approx. 14.5 x 11 inches

Condition: Very Good, soft crease in lower left corner

Price: $40
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-16


Washington Territory east of the Cascade Mountains
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Map of a Part of
Washington Territory
Lying East of the Cascade Mountains


U.S. Surveyor General's Office
1857


Hand-colored lithograph

Size: approx. 16 x 24 inches

Condition: Very Good/Excellent, with folds as issued;
minor browning at folds; scattered light fox marks; reinforcement of fold on back side

Price: $175
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-27


Britannica 1891
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WASHINGTON & OREGON
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1891)

Chromolithograph from engraving

Size: approx. 8.5 x 10.25 inches

Condition: Very Good, small tear in upper margin


WA-18


Washington
Washington

From Our U.S.A. A Gay Geography
Illustrated by Ruth Taylor White, Text by Frank Taylor
Published in Boston, 1935

Original Color Lithograph over 75 years old

Sheet size=approx. 9.25x13 inches
Image size=approx. 8.5x11.5 inches, mounted in an antique white 11x14 mat—ready for a standard size frame.

Oregon
Oregon

From Our U.S.A. A Gay Geography
Illustrated by Ruth Taylor White, Text by Frank Taylor
Published in Boston, 1935

Original Color Lithograph over 75 years old

Sheet size=approx. 9.25x13 inches
Image size=approx. 8.5x11.5 inches, mounted in an antique white 11x14 mat—ready for a standard size frame.

INTERESTED IN OTHER RUTH TAYLOR WHITE U.S. STATE CARTOGRAPHIC MAPS? CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

Index map to Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Seattle from 1912
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Baist's Real Estate Surveys of Seattle title page
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Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Seattle (Washington)
Index Map and Frontispiece/Title Page



Surveyor and Map Publisher: G.W. Baist, Philadelphia
(1912)


Hand-colored Lithograph

Size: approx. 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches (index map), linen backed
24 1/2 x 17 1/4 (frontispiece/title page), linen backed

Index Map condition: Fair: overall soiling/grubbiness; vertical creases parallel to the center fold; multiple dog-ear creases and other soft creases.

Title Page condition: Fair: overall soiling/grubbiness; rumpling, wear, edge wear, numerous paper chips in top margin outside of image area.

Both the index map and the title page would benefit greatly from a cleaning and restoration by a qualified paper conservator. As they are, they would still make great decorative pieces though they show their nearly 100-year-age.

Price: $500
[Both double-page Index Map with Index to Additions and Subdivisions and the full page Title Page—to be sold together only.]
(plus shipping/insurance)


Greenlake area of Seattle Washington
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Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Seattle (Washington)
Plate 17 (Greenlake area)



Surveyor and Map Publisher: G.W. Baist, Philadelphia
(1912)


Hand-colored Lithograph

Size: approx. 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches, linen backed

Condition: Very Good/Excellent, with mild soiling around edges and minor split at bottom fold; "Ravenna School" stamped in "Sub Plan C" area; center fold, as issued.

Price: $325
(plus shipping/insurance)


Southpark area of Seattle
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Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Seattle (Washington)
Plate 22 (South Park neighborhood)



Surveyor and Map Publisher: G.W. Baist, Philadelphia
(1912)


Hand-colored Lithograph

Size: approx. 24 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches, linen backed

Condition: Good/Very Good, with mild soiling and edge wear; a couple of very faint diagonal creases; uneven bottom margin.

Price: $175
(plus shipping/insurance)


South Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington map
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Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Seattle (Washington)
Plate 26
(South Elliott Bay, North Delridge, Duwamish (SODO), Docks/Railroads/Industrial area, etc.)



Surveyor and Map Publisher: G.W. Baist, Philadelphia
(1912)


Hand-colored Lithograph

Size: approx. 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches, linen backed

Condition: Excellent, with mild soiling around edges; center fold, as issued.

Price: $325
(plus shipping/insurance)


Magnolia neighborhood, Fort Lawton
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Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Seattle (Washington)
Plate 34
(Fort Lawton, Magnolia district)



Surveyor and Map Publisher: G.W. Baist, Philadelphia
(1912)


Hand-colored Lithograph

Size: approx. 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches, linen backed

Condition: Fair/Good, with mild soiling; center fold as issued and parallel vertical crease; dog-eared lower right corner; lower left corner worn (leather page-turning tab located here).

Price: $275
(plus shipping/insurance)


1910 Puget Sound Soil Survey
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click here for more detail photos

SOIL MAP
RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY
PUGET SOUND BASIN
WASHINGTON, OLYMPIA SHEET


U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Soils
1910


Color lithograph

Size: approx. 24 x 52 inches

Condition: Excellent with only one or two minor splits where folds intersect.



WA-20


Pacific Clipper Line Wharf
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Preliminary Sketch for Wharf and Warehouse
For Pacific Clipper Line, Seattle, Washington


U.S. Corps of Engineers
May 16, 1900


Photo-lithograph after engraving

Size: approx. 16 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches

Condition: Excellent, with folds and fly-leaf as issued

Price: $45
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-22


WWII Aeronautical chart Bellingham
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BELLINGHAM (Y-1)
SECTIONAL AERONAUTICAL CHART


[regional chart with parts of Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
the San Juan Islands, Olympic Peninsula, etc.]


Department of Commerce, 1945


Color lithograph

Size: approx. 24 3/4 x 39 1/2 inches

Condition: Excellent


WA-19


Columbia River improvement
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Improvement of
Mouth of the Columbia River


U.S. Corps of Engineers
1892


Lithograph after engraving, with hand-color

Size: approx. 18 x 23 1/2 inches

Condition: Excellent, with folds as issued; minor browning at folds

Price: $75
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-23


Chehalis River Washington
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Shoal No. 2
(Bent's Island Shoal)
Chehalis River, Washington

U.S. Corps of Engineers
circa 1890


Photo-lithograph after engraving

Size: approx. 18 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches

Condition: Excellent, with folds as issued; minor browning at folds

Price: $35
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-24


Streets in Tacoma, circa 1900
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Division
Tacoma
S. 8th Str. to Tacoma Mill
Pierce County, Washington


U.S. Corps of Engineers
1900


Photo-Lithograph after engraving, with lithographic color

Size: approx. 22 x 39 1/2 inches

Condition: Excellent, with folds and fly-leaf as issued;
minor browning at folds


WA-25


Streets in Tacoma, circa 1900
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Division
Tacoma

SUPPLEMENTARY TO MAP AT LEFT

U.S. Corps of Engineers
1900


Photo-Lithograph after engraving, with lithographic color

Size: approx. 16 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches

Condition: Excellent, with folds and fly-leaf as issued;
minor browning at folds

Price: $35
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-26



(Side A, click thumbnail to enlarge)


(Side B, click thumbnail to enlarge)

Maps of Marion County and
town of Halsey, Linn Co., Oregon
(Reverse side has beautiful lithographs of local residences and farms in Halsey and Harrisburgh, Linn County, Oregon:
(1) Farm & Residence of John P. Rector, Halsey, Linn County, Oregon
(2) Town Residence and Farm of J.P. Schooling. Harrisburgh, Linn County, Oregon (3) Farm and Residence of Dr. H.A. Davis, Harrisburgh, Linn County, Oregon

Unidentified publication (West Shore Magazine?)
1878


Lithograph with hand coloring (map side)
Black and white lithograph, reverse

Size: approx. 28 x 17 1/4 inches

Condition: Excellent with one short, repaired tear at bottom fold. Center fold as issued

Price: $85
(plus shipping/insurance)

WA-21