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OTHER UNIQUE MAPS:

1) Exhibit Plat “Sketch of Public Water Contamination by farms” by Edward Rossiter_2 pages
2) Archer Heights_Archer Ave-47th St.ADD_1925_11-38-13
3) Arlington Heights: 1910 Map of Arlington Heights
4) Barrington TWSP map_Cook Co_Michael J. Flynn. county clerk
5) Barrington_Proposed Water Works_OLD_date
6) Bedford Park 1949 Map of the original Village of Bedford Park
7) Belvidere, City of, Boon County, Illinois, ca.1930s
8) Bloom Township 35-14 and part of adjacent TWSP 35-15, ca.1930s
9) Bremen_Tinley Park_ 1892 map of Village_H.H.B.
10) Bucktown neighborhood: S.S.Greeley_Survey of part of Snow’s Estate_1875_Sec.30-40-14
11) Burnside_IL Central RR Shops in Sec.3-37-14_photo
12) Cemeteries: we have more than these 4 cemeteries – just need to scan & add hereto.
a) 1914 Map of THE INFAMOUS Mount Hope Cemetery. My educated guess: even though the original cemetery was established in 1865, this plat map was prepared for Cemetery Association, most likely, for construction permit, refinancing, or other such purposes, by one of our predecessors in business, Mr. Warton Platner, Surveyor, more than 100 years ago.
a) Society of Benevolence & Relief of the Sick a. k. a. Ridgelawn Cemetery; located in North Park neighborhood - on N. Pulaski Road, just S. of Peterson Ave. part of E ½ of 3-40- 13_H. H. Bremer’s copies [who prepared the Plat of the 9 th Industrial District around the cemetery]
b) Lithuanian Nat.Cemetery-Birutes: part? 34-38-12_1939_M. L. Greeley
13) Chicago 1908 map of Buena Park & Uptown neighborhoods: original Lake Michigan Shore, how it was BEFORE the Park/recreation area & the Lake Shore Drive were built, bounded by: Lakeside Place [Giddings Street] + Lake Michigan + Irving Park Road + Clarendon Avenue.
14) Chicago & Alton RR
15) Pilsen_unique_Survey_Grove St._s 21-39-14_1909_w.gold seal_E.Rositter
16) Downtown_Fulton River District_Union Station blocks_1906_Plat by S.Howard
17) Chicago and Vicinity, 1901 Map of, compiled by Charles N. Roberts
18) S. S. Greeley_plat of the Board of Trade property with the building_1888 Mylar, small
19) 80 Acres MAP Of Part Of Chicago, 1895, a.k.a. part of Billy Caldwell’s Reserve + W ½ of SW ¼ of Fr. Section 4-40-13
20) Railway Map of Chicago and Vicinity. 1909 by Rand McNally & Co.
21) Chicago 1930 plat map of St. Elizabeth Hospital_Survey by Orwig
22) Chicago_Map of_18..._Diversey-Lake Michigan-69th Street-Crawford.Pulaski Road
23) Chicago_Atlas page with information_18...
24) 1899-1904 U.S.G.S. Chicago Quadrangle Map dated 1899 reprinted 1904
25) Chicago Original SUBs in Sec.16-40-13; drafted by H. H. Bremer in 1930
26) Chicago Gov. Survey for Congress of Chicago River+Branches_1896-1899_ATLAS: 30 pages total + 2 covers [scanned in color]
27) Chicago Heights_Atlas by Greeley-Carlson_1892
28) CICERO_Gr-How_4350_1911_Chicago Manuf.Distr.+Grant Land Assoc._Map_21-39-13_1913_
29) Cook County Road Map – 1921 Map, shows ALL Forest Preserves & roads
30) Cook County Road Map – 1928 Map, shows ALL Forest Preserves & roads
31) Cook County Road Map – 1929 Map, shows ALL Forest Preserves & roads
32) Cook, DuPage & Lake Counties, IL, 1892 Map of
33) Cook Co.Map of_1893 by F.C. Rossiter
34) Crete_Village of_ ca.1940s
35) Deerfield Village of, ca.1940s indexing map
36) 1899-1905 Antique Map of U.S.G.S. DES PLAINES [RIVER] Quadrangle
37) Douglas Neighborhood: Aldine Square Re-SUB_S 34-38-14_1875 by S.S. Greeley
38) Downers Grove _original_7-38-11+W.2 of W.2_Sec.8-38-11_1892
39) Downers Grove _Map of_1949
40) Downtown Chicago - 1884 Atlas Page Map of part of the Loop
41) Downtown Chicago - 1913 Atlas Page Map of part of the LOOP
42) Downtown_Plat_State St+Madison St_by McLennan_1902
43) Downtown_Plat_Monroe-Michigan Ave-Adams_by W. Platner_1905
44) DuPage Co.Highway Map_1973
45) East Side_1906 Lake Michigan Shore Line_by W. Platner_blue
46) East Side_Ironworkers ADD_ca.1880_ S 8-37-15
47) 1895 Chicago Antique Original Edgebrook Sub Map in Chicago
48) Edgebrook 1894 ?? Map Atlas Page of Part of Caldwell Reserve & Surrounding Area
49) Edgewater Beach Hotel_5555 N. Sheridan Rd [now - Co-Op], by M. Greeley_1922+1928
50) Elmhurst_City of_Zoning Map_ca.1910s
51) Elmhurst, DuPage Co, IL 1928 [updated to 1936] Map Of Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois
52) U.S.G.S. Evanston Quadrangle Map, dated 1928, reprinted 1939
53) Evanston & Skokie ca.1930s map of part of North Shore Channel
54) U.S.G.S. Evanston Quadrangle Map, dated 1928, reprinted 1939.
55) 1901 Plat Map of part of Evanston & Wilmette, IL – “All of South Section of Ouilmette
Reservation Lying East of [2nd Street]”, I believe, n. k. a. 5th Street.
56) 1901 Plat Map of part of Evanston & Wilmette, IL – “All of South Section of Ouilmette
Reservation Lying West of [2nd Street]”, I believe, n. k. a. 5th Street.
57) Fort Sheridan+Highland Park_E.Rudolphs Atlas_14-43-12_1896_P.1
58) Fort Sheridan+highland Park_E.Rudolphs Atlas_11-43-12_1896_P.2
59) Fort Sheridan+Highland Park_E.Rudolphs Atlas_10-43-12_1896
60) Glencoe – 1877 [updated to 1934] Map Of Village Of Glencoe
61) Glencoe_6-42-13_as of 1877_blue_to clean
62) Glenview [f.k.a.Techny] - Holy Ghost Convent, date?
63) Glenview_Glen Oak Acres_25-42-12
64) Glenview: Glen Oak Acres_as of 1935_W.2-SW.4_S 25-42-12_different
65) Goose Island plat map 1911: Certificate of Survey 912 Halsted Street – property owner listed
66) Grand Boulevard neighborhood: Cleaverville ADDn_1888
67) Village of Gross Point, now is part of Wilmette
68) Hammond, IN: Phillips SUB by F.C.Rossiter_1891
69) Highland Park – Rudolph’s Atlas of 1896 Sec. 31-43-13 - Ravinia SUB, NOT festival grounds
70) Highland Park_map of_1916
71) E.4_S 22-43-12_Highland Park_as of 1925_by EMS
72) SE.4_S 25-43-12_Highland Park_as of 1941
73) Hinsdale, IL - 1924 Pictorial/Bird's Eye Map
74) Hyde Park + Woodlawn [officially was listed in] + East Hyde Park + Jackson Park Highlands +
South Shore neighborhoods – 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Fair Grounds, Chicago
75) RR map of Illinois_1902_Rand McNally
76) Illinois.Map of_ showing progress re-claiming swamp lands_1852
77) Indiana: Railroad Map Of; As Of 1902 - Map of ALL Indiana Railroads
78) Indiana: Lake County_IN_by W.D.Jones_1911
79) The Village of Itasca 1904 Map, with H. H. Bremer’s indexing
80) 1893 Worlds Fair Grounds’ map_Jackson Park + vicinity_whole
81) 1897 ?? map of Jefferson Park: Original Village of Jefferson, ANTI-FIRE, re-recorded 1873
82) Jefferson Park + Portage Park_Sec.16-40-13_original SUBs, drafted by H.H.B._1930
83) Jewish cemetery.old.relocated [??].4.Clearing 19th Industrial_H.H.B._1940
84) Joliet_NE.4_3-35-10_State Penetentiary Farm, now famous for tours
85) Justice, IL: 1939 Plat Map of part of the Lithuanian National Cemetery
86) 1906 Map & Open Letter Of B. F. Knauer, C. E.
87) ca.1940s Map of La Grange, IL, with 11 Subdivisions
88) 1883 Map: Lake Calumet – Wolf Lake area, South Hyde Park TWSP
89) 1934-1942 Map Of The LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
90) Lake Co_IL_Wauconda_Fremont_Cuba+Ela TWSPs_1873
91) Lake Co_IL_Newport+Benton+Warren+Waukegan TWSPs_1873
92) 1911 Map Of The Lake County, Indiana, Northern Part Of
93) Ca. 1940s plat map of Lake Forest, Lake County
94) Lake Forest_Indexing sheet + individual maps too
95) ca.1930s Map of part of Lake Forest, Lake County 160 ac - NW¼ 33-44-12
96) 1936 - Lake Zurich: BRIGGS’ Lake SUB n. k. a. ECHO Lake
97) Lemont_Village_a.k.a. County Clerks Division_OLD
98) 1915 - Atlas Pages of Lincoln Park, Lake View & Park West: Proposed Extension of Lincoln Park
99) 1884 Atlas Pages of [parts of] Lincoln Park
100) 1884 map of Little Village, a.k.a. Greeley-Carlson Atlas Page, showing Small Pox Hospital Of Chicago & the women’s prison!
101) Little Village: 1916 plat of Municipal Contagious Disease Hospital Of Chicago!
102) Lithuanian Nat Cemetery – Birutes, part in Sec. 34-38-12_1939_Morris L. Greeley
103) 1890s Antique Map Of Lombard DuPage Co.: Original part of
104) 1929 Antique Map Of Lombard DuPage Co.: Eastern part of Lombard, a.k.a. Zoning Map
105) Lombard_Harris Lombard Hills SUB_by EMS_1950_colorful
106) 1919 Topographic Map of McDonough County, Illinois
107) McHenry County_map of_ca. 1930s
108) Chicago TOTALLY UNIQUE 1925 Plat of Medical District: OLD Cook County Hospital
109) Michigan: Muskegon Water Power Plant: project maps [Muskegon River Valley] & documents, by Wm. Kramer_early 1900s
110) Michigan State_1871 Coltons Guide Map of_
111) 1927 Map of Mundelein, IL
112) Chicago Record-Herald newspaper page_1-19-1904
113) WSJ [newspaper] _page_1958
114) 1917 Plat map Niles, IL, Maine TWSP - Land Dispute Court Case
115) Niles_Jane Miranda Reservation_part
116) Northbrook_F.C. Rossiter_Plat in Shermerville 4 H. Lorenz_10-42-12_1892
117) 1893 Map of part of North Park: Ridgelawn Cemetery SUB by H.H.B. Sec. 3-40-24
118) North Shore Sections_Map of_w.Oliver Sallingers SUBs
119) 1897 Map Of Norwood Park a.k.a. 20 SUBs shown within Norwood Park
120) Norwood Park_W.2_1-40-12_H.H.Bremers indexing_1913
121) Oak Park: 1976 Plat Map of Cheney Mansion [when it was bequeathed to the Park District]
122) 1916 Map of Park Ridge Country Club
123) City Of Park Ridge ca. 1950 Vintage Map of The
124) City Of Park Ridge ca. 1960 Vintage Map of The
125) Village Of Peotone, Will Co., IL 1912 Map of The
126) Philippine Islands_map of 1892
127) Philippine Islands_Luzon Island_map of 1892
128) Princeton Park neighborhood Plat map_4-37-14_1943
129) 1880 Display Map of Pullman North – Amazingly Beautiful
130) 1880 Display Map of Pullman South – Amazingly Beautiful
131) Randolph County, Illinois 1919 Topographic Map of
132) River Grove_Survey of parts of Laframbois Reservation_original 1893_F.C.Rossiter
133) East Rogers Park_for North Shore Park District_Greeleys 19 plats of Lake Shore, 1922, small atlas
134) ROGERS PARK - 1872 Map of the Original Village
135) Rogers Park- 1896 Emil Rudolph’s 1896 Atlas Page of Rogers Park
136) Rogers Park - 1912 Harry Orwig's Map of Rogers Park
137) Rogers Park_Village of date??
138) Roselle, IL- two (2) different plat maps, dated 1874
139) Roseland_Sheldon Heights SUB_1892_F.C.R._21-37-14
140) Roseland_Vernon Park Subdivision for recording_1917_3-37-14_by M.L.Greeley
141) Shaumburg TWSP_North 1.2_1947_E.Rossiter with missing Sections
142) Shaumburg TWSP_South 1.2_1947_E.Rossiter with missing Sections
143) South Africa Map of_1892
144) South Chicago _____ Illinois Steel Company’s Plant site map Very colorful
145) 1894 City of Chicago Map w/Surveyor’s pricing: We found: Map of the City of Chicago, “Accompanying
the Surveyor's Fee Bill from 1894”. This document was prepared by a group of the prominent Surveying companies:
Greeley-Carlson Co., Emil Rudolph, C. McLennan & F.C. Rossiter.
146) Ukrainian Village: St. Elizabeth Hospital_Survey by Orwig_1930
147) Ukrainian Village, Greeley-Carlson 1884 Atlas page of part of Ukrainian Village, 6-39-14 North of Chicago Ave
148) Washington Park_whole park + surrounding areas
149) Washington Park_part of_15-38-14
150) Waukegan, IL: Emil Rudolph’s 1896 Atlas pages
151) West Chicago, IL_Websters Map of_date
152) Whiting + Hammond: part Map of_1904_F.C.Rossiter very large, beautiful
153) Will County: Chicago Metropolitan Area Antique ca. 1900 Map of Will County
154) Will County map of_ca. 1930s
155) Willow Springs: Spring Forest + Mt. Forest [Mt. Forest was founded in 1873]
156) Wilmette, IL: Gross Point_The Village_now - Wilmette
157) Wilmette+Kenilworth+part.Ouilmette_E.Rudolph.s Atlas.page_1896
158) Wilmette_Western Part_E.2_32-42-13_80 ac_showing owners of large parcels
159) Wilmette, IL: ??1896 Atlas Page of [part of] Ouilmette Reservation, by Emil Rudolph
160) Wilmette, IL: ??1901 map of [part of] Wilmette, IL, NEW TRIER TWSP Ouilmette [Quilmette]
161) Reservation
162) Wilmette, Village of, map, dated 1934, updated up to 1947
163) Wilmette_Village of_Map by Chas. Roberts_before 1934
164) Wilmette_?? Lake Shore ADD_1874
165) Wilmette_S.part Ouilmette Reservation E.of 2nd Street_date
166) Winnetka: 1904 G-H_Plat on Sheridan Rd+Central Av_S 8-42-13_
167) Winnetka + Vicinity_Map of_date
168) WINNETKA, IL – atlas page map of 1896
169) WINNETKA, IL – on linen 1904 Map
170) Winthrop Harbor + Lake Side, IL - TWSP 46-12_Rudolphs Atlas_1896
171) Winthrop Harbor_Lake Co_IL_Plat by F.C.Rossiter_1898
172) Wisconsin_Vilas+Forest Counties_to scan with card
173) Wisconsin 1899+1914 map of Twin Lakes: Lake Mary & Lake Elizabeth, Kenosha County
174) Wolf Lake & Vicinity, 1897 plat map in NE Illinois + NW Indiana, by F. C. Rossiter
175) Worlds Map_1892
176) Worlds Map + Philippine Islands_1892
177) City Of Zion - 1901 - 1914 Map of The City of Zion, Illinois
What neighborhoods? (a) Sec. 3-40-12_showing cemetery of Parish of ALL Saints+1_1905_H.H.B. copy
(b) Survey.Forest Preserve District.Cook Co.1917_11-42-12
178) 1910 Map of Calhoun County, Illinois, by Rand McNally
179) 1910 Map of Cass County, Illinois, by Rand McNally
180) 1910 Map of Greene County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
181) 1910 Map of Jersey County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
182) 1909 Map of Logan County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
183) 1910 Map of Macoupin County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
184) 1910 Map of Mason County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
185) 1910 Map of Menard County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
186) 1910 Map of Morgan County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
187) 1910 Map of Sangamon County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
188) 1910 Map of Scott County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
189) 1909 Map of Tazewell County, Illinois, by Rand McNally & Co.
190) 1908 Map of Lake County, Indiana, by Rand McNally & Co.
191) 1908 Map of Newton County, Indiana, by Rand McNally & Co.
192) 1908 Map of Pulaski County, Indiana, by Rand McNally & Co.
193) 1908 Map of White County, Indiana, by Rand McNally & Co.

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