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Railway and highway map of the famous Berkshire Hills region: showing also villages and points of interest : from official records and other information

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Title
Railway and highway map of the famous Berkshire Hills region: showing also villages and points of interest : from official records and other information
Names
Watson, Walter (Civil engineer) (Creator)
Berkshire Life Insurance Company (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Publisher)
Sun Printing Company (Printer)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Massachusetts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1896 (Inferred)
Place: Pittsfield
Publisher: Berkshire Life Insurance Company
Edition: Corrected 1896
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5137
Topics
Railroads -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire Hills (Mass.)
Roads -- Massachusetts -- Berkshire Hills (Mass.)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: By Walter Watson, C.E., for the Berkshire Life Insurance Co. of Pittsfield, Mass., 1883.
Content: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Content: Printed in red in lower right hand corner: For copies of this map apply to the Berkshire Life Insurance Company of Pittsfield, Mass., or to any of its Agencies in the principal cities of the Northern and Eastern States.
Content: Includes text and 1 view.
Additional physical form: Variant ed., with 2 views, available online.
Acquisition: Gift of the descendents of William Bradhurst Osgood Field, 2003.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : col. ; 76 x 55 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 18549417
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16857270
Other local Identifier: US090B.2.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a83b7630-51df-0134-a986-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1896: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Railway and highway map of the famous Berkshire Hills region" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d7cee980-51df-0134-fea9-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Railway and highway map of the famous Berkshire Hills region" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d7cee980-51df-0134-fea9-00505686a51c

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1896). Railway and highway map of the famous Berkshire Hills region Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d7cee980-51df-0134-fea9-00505686a51c

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Railway and highway map of the famous Berkshire Hills region