Statement Of Responsibility: "U.S. Geological Survey, J.W. Powell, Director." --top left margin.
Statement Of Responsibility: "A.H. Thompson, Geographer; Morris Bien, Topographer in charge; triangulation by Morris Bien; topography by F.E. Gove; surveyed in 1891." -- lower left margin.
Citation/Reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 1, page 452, column 2, no. 5
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Content: Scale 1:9,600. 800 feet to an inch (W 106°52ʹ--W 106°46ʹ/N 39°13ʹ--N 39°10ʹ).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : color ; 45 x 39 cm
NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 55246

Abstract

Shows townships, sections, railroads, roads, mountains, bodies of water (streams, rivers, reservoirs, lakes, marshes), and cities. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Alternate title: Aspen special map. " ... reprinted Nov. 1898."

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 17631319
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21543967
Folder number: US043.1.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 72f9a2c0-209a-0136-48d6-08f8c7bfd828

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1898

Cite this item

MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Colorado: Aspen special map" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1898. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72f9a2c0-209a-0136-48d6-08f8c7bfd828

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1898). Colorado: Aspen special map Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72f9a2c0-209a-0136-48d6-08f8c7bfd828

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Colorado: Aspen special map" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72f9a2c0-209a-0136-48d6-08f8c7bfd828

Wikipedia citation

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