COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Davis, Oscar
Author:
Gast, Moeller & Co.
Date:
1866
Short Title:
Map of Omaha City, Nebraska.
Publisher:
Gast, Moeller & Co.
Publisher Location:
St. Louis, Mo.
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
96
Obj Width cm:
71
Scale 1:
7,200
Note:
Lithographed map, with decorative border. Shows townships, sections, subdivisions, land owners, farm houses, rural buildings, roads, railroads and river. Includes a decorative compass rose oriented with the north to upper right margin. Among the earliest plans of Omaha. Much information with streets and many property owners named. The route of the Union Pacific RR is marked. A handsome lithograph with an acanthus leaf border, steam ferry in the Missouri River, decorative direction indicator. At top left is an idealized image of the neoclassical Territorial Capitol before its dome was completed. Oscar F. Davis was an early Omaha settler with a surveying and engineering business. He later became land commissioner for the Union Pacific.
State/Province:
Nebraska
City:
Omaha (Neb)
Subject:
U.S. Public Survey
Full Title:
Map of Omaha City, Nebraska. Published by Oscar F. Davis, surveyor & real estate agent, Omaha, Nebraska. 1866. Gast, Moeller & Co., lithographers, St. Louis, MO. Entered ... 1866, by Oscar Davis ... Nebraska.
List No:
11706.000
Publication Author:
Davis, Oscar
Publication Author:
Gast, Moeller & Co.
Pub Date:
1866
Pub Title:
Map of Omaha City, Nebraska. Published by Oscar F. Davis, surveyor & real estate agent, Omaha, Nebraska. 1866. Gast, Moeller & Co., lithographers, St. Louis, MO. Entered ... 1866, by Oscar Davis ... Nebraska.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
11706.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
96
Pub Width cm:
71
Image No:
11706000.jp2
Authors:
Davis, Oscar; Gast, Moeller & Co.
