Map of Blair County, Pennsylvania : From Special Surveys in 1859

Old cadastral map of Altoona, Blair County, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Tyrone, United States.

Created by Rufus L. Barnes, Isaac G. Freed, Geil & Freed, Thos. S. Wagner's Lith in 1859.

• General-content county map also showing buildings in rural areas, householders' names, and forested areas; real-property tracts, lot numbers, and building coverage also are shown in all the town/village insets (but esp. for Altoona, Hollidaysburg, and Tyrone).
• Relief shown by hachures.
• Hand col. to emphasize township boundaries and territories.
• At foot of statement of attribution: Published by the authors.
• "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1859 by Isaac G. Freed in the ... Eastern District of Penn'a."
• Originally printed on 4 sheets.
• This map has some imperfections: shellacked, halved to enable folding, trimmed, north sheet annotated in brown ink on cloth backing: no. 129. deposited july 7th 18[2 ciphers trimmed off] isaac g. freed; copy 2 not shellacked, not annotated, missing small sections along fold lines. We'll do our best to restore the image before printing.
• Includes business directories, table of road distances, and ill. of principal buildings.
• Town and village insets: Altoona -- Hollidaysburg and Gaysport -- Fostoria -- Collinsville -- Frankstown -- Newry -- Charlotteville -- Davidsburg -- Tyrone City -- Williamsburg -- Martinsburg -- Freedom -- Tipton -- Claysburg -- Foot of Ten, Temperanceville, Duncansville.
• Land Ownership Map
• 3 copies

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1859

Altoona

Altoona (Pa.)

Blair County

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Hollidaysburg

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Rufus L. Barnes

Thos. S. Wagner's Lith

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