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A Rare Opportunity on eBay! 1887 Griffith M. Hopkins Map Washington, DC A Complete Set of Surveys and Plats of the Properties in the City of Washington , District of Columbia Produced in Philadelphia , 1887 I'm selling my duplicate copies of individual and ORIGINAL Hopkins Map pages from their esteemed 1887 color map of Washington, DC. I'll be listing 33 Map pages in all, sold by the page (see below for other page numbers). These are the original, hand colored maps that were the first finely detailed maps produced of the city. I've not seen these on any digitized CD's, and I've also never seen them before on eBay! They show many, many buildings long gone, many lot owners names from 1887, building addresses, lot sizes and back buildings (carriage houses, fuel sheds, etc), and even many wood frame houses on lots now occupied by Victorian townhouses. You've no doubt used the tiny, black and white, microfilmed versions with their many flaws, scratch lines, and small print outs, but now you can own the original! These always bring lots of attention when and wver I lecture in Washington on house history, and would be especially nice framed on your wall if your house falls on one of the many delineated city squares and blocks. I bought two incomplete sets at great expense from a Historical Society of Washington sale about ten years ago, and only recently combined them for a complete set for myself. The 33 pages I'll be listing in auctions over the next two weeks could give you a nearly complete set yourself; only about ten would be missing! SIZE: Each of the map pages is double sized, folded in the middle and all measures an impressive 2 feet, seven and-one-half inches wide by 1 foot, ten-and-a-half inches tall . Condition of all is good; paper is not brittle, but conditions vary on each page (described below). ************************************************* This Auction: Page (Map) No. 8 Map 8 Bordered By: Two maps are included on this large sheet: Map 1: V Street to Florida Avenue, Vermont Avenue to 18th and Florida Avenue, NW. Map 2: 20th Street to Rock Creek Park, O Street to Florida Avenue at T Street, NW Particular Map 8 Inclusions of Note (1887): old Childrens Hospital Site (today's Harrison Square development), Patten mansion, Blaine mansion, Dupont Circle east, old Boundary Avenue (today's Florida Avenue) with its distinctive curve. Included Map 8 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) U Street area: 149,150,174,175,188,189,202,203,234,235,271,272,302,303,330,331,357,358. Dupont Circle East: 65,92,91,90,47,48,66,67,68,93,94,95,96. Included Map 8 Streets (1887 names): Greater U Street Map: Vermont Avenue, 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17th Streets, V,W, Florida Avenue. Dupont East Map: 20,21,22nd Streets, O,P,Q,R,S Streets, Massachusetts Avenue, Connecticut Avenue, Florida Avenue. Map 8 Particular Condition: Edges are in very good shape, with just a few very minor tears. Very light water stains appears along the bottom and the top of the map, but its slight, and could be removed with a conservator. T is a tear in the upper left side from the edge, running through Square 203, about five inches long. It lays flat is is hardly noticable when pressed flat. Map Pictures: I've included an overall picture of this auction map , along with four pictures of a detailed sections (upper left, lower left, upper right, lower right). I have a scan of a typical map key (positioned on every map/page in a different place) as well. Sometime my hand and camera appears as a shadow; sorry! ******************************* Map Key: I've included a detailed scan of the Hopkins Map Key, which appears on each and every page of the Hopkins Maps (in difference places), along with a north arrow. It conveys the key to such features as road type (paved, cobblestone, wood, etc), type of building construction (brick, stone, or wood), and sewer lines, horse fountains, lamp boxes, P... 
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