Library finds a treasure in maps: Newberry gets a deal when it acquires hundreds of items from city museum. From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: June 19, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: William Mullen

Jun. 19--One by one, Newberry Library curator Robert Karrow pulled old maps from oversized file folders, each recovered from a treasure trove that had been packed away and forgotten for nearly a quarter-century.

There was a highly detailed map showing the streets and buildings of colonial Boston in 1722 and an equally detailed map of New Orleans published in a 1761 edition of London Magazine.

Then there was the 1970 road map ...

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