Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

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Bailey & Co. <i>View of Springfield, Mass.</i> (1875) </div> </div> <div class="item"> <img src="/assets/headers/commonwealth-1257bc79t-343b628b74467e47075a177672a4718ffc2ba986648d5a30f8643273b24b27b3.jpg" alt="Commonwealth 1257bc79t 343b628b74467e47075a177672a4718ffc2ba986648d5a30f8643273b24b27b3" /> <div class="item-citation"> Walling, Henry Francis. <i>Map of the town of Concord</i> (1852) </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="panel panel-search"> <div class="panel-heading"> <a class="panel-brand" href="/"> <img alt="Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the boston public library – Digital Collections" src="/assets/logo/MC-portal-logo-inverse-96cfcda7d8a7608a56642a87d2239a361a98c52b338ede0444c56a4fb56d89ca.png" /> </a> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <h1 class="h2 text-white">Discover the digital collections of the Leventhal Map & Education Center and partners</h1> <form id="home_page_search_form" action="https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="get"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" /> <div class="form-group"> <label for="q_basic" class="sr-only"> Search for </label> <div class="btn-group btn-group-justified"> <input type="text" name="q" id="q_basic" placeholder="Enter search terms..." class="form-control" autofocus="autofocus" /> <div class="btn-group"> <button type="submit" class="btn btn-secondary" id="search"> <i class="icon-search"></i> <span class="sr-only"> Search All Digital Collections </span> </button> </div> </div> </div> </form> <a href="/advanced">Advanced Search</a> </div> </div> </div> </header> <section class="bg-offwhite"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="home-panels"> <a class="panel-link" title="Go to exhibitions" href="/exhibits"></a> <img src="/assets/showrooms-d6ac7a48c7d1f06c24a24a4596bc20aa2d79c1f96535e52f6e7a40bb244f94ca.jpg" alt="Showrooms d6ac7a48c7d1f06c24a24a4596bc20aa2d79c1f96535e52f6e7a40bb244f94ca" /> <div class="caption"> <h2> Exhibitions </h2> <p>View over a dozen map-related exhibitions by the Leventhal Map & Education Center, produced from 2004 to present.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="home-panels"> <a class="panel-link" title="Go to georeferencing" target="_blank" href="https://www.leventhalmap.org/projects/digital-projects/georeferencing/"></a> <img src="/assets/georeferenced-map-b61c6be8cab8047c4811500026c255b863e260dd5fc95939c52802f9a522a0aa.jpg" alt="Georeferenced map b61c6be8cab8047c4811500026c255b863e260dd5fc95939c52802f9a522a0aa" /> <div class="caption"> <h2> Georeferencing </h2> <p> Overlay historic maps on modern-day maps. 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Help enhance our digital collections.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="home-panels"> <a class="panel-link" title="Go to tools for educators" href="/educators"></a> <img src="/assets/tools-for-teachers-da201ea4aaedaaf333c5bb3e6114703d761cbd4bab1308ad262ce89ed43a4178.jpg" alt="Tools for teachers da201ea4aaedaaf333c5bb3e6114703d761cbd4bab1308ad262ce89ed43a4178" /> <div class="caption"> <h2> For Educators </h2> <p>Search and create map-related educational materials for use in the classroom.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br> <div class="text-center"> <h3>Collections of Distinction</h3> <a href="/collections">View all Digital Collections</a> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="collection-panel"> <a class="panel-link" title="American Revolutionary War-Era Maps (Collection of Distinction)" href="/collections/commonwealth:dn39z222j"></a> <div class="panel-img"> <img alt="American Revolutionary War-Era Maps (Collection of Distinction)" src="https://iiif.digitalcommonwealth.org/iiif/2/commonwealth:8049g9448/full/pct:10/0/default.jpg" /> </div> <div class="caption noTruncate"> <h4>American Revolutionary War-Era Maps</h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="collection-panel"> <a class="panel-link" title="Boston and New England Maps (Collection of Distinction)" href="/collections/commonwealth:dn39z223t"></a> <div class="panel-img"> <img alt="Boston and New England Maps (Collection of Distinction)" src="https://iiif.digitalcommonwealth.org/iiif/2/commonwealth:wd376587x/full/pct:10/0/default.jpg" /> </div> <div class="caption noTruncate"> <h4>Boston and New England Maps</h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="collection-panel"> <a class="panel-link" title="Maritime Charts and Atlases (Collection of Distinction)" href="/collections/commonwealth:f4752s58n"></a> <div class="panel-img"> <img alt="Maritime Charts and Atlases (Collection of Distinction)" src="https://iiif.digitalcommonwealth.org/iiif/2/commonwealth:st74cx41f/full/pct:10/0/default.jpg" /> </div> <div class="caption noTruncate"> <h4>Maritime Charts and Atlases</h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="collection-panel"> <a class="panel-link" title="Urban Maps (Collection of Distinction)" href="/collections/commonwealth:9s1621613"></a> <div class="panel-img"> <img alt="Urban Maps (Collection of Distinction)" src="https://iiif.digitalcommonwealth.org/iiif/2/commonwealth:js956m16d/full/pct:10/0/default.jpg" /> </div> <div class="caption noTruncate"> <h4>Urban Maps</h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <footer> <div class="footer-main"> <div class="container"> <div class="footer-column"> <h4>Norman B. 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