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Map Upper Potomac park project to preserve the Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac

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Title

  • Upper Potomac park project to preserve the Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac

Names

  • United States. National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
  • Grant, U. S. (Ulysses S.), 1881-1968.
  • Brown, Carey H.
  • Eliot, Charles W. (Charles William), 1899-1993.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.?] : The Commission, [1928]

Headings

  • -  Parks--Washington Metropolitan Area--Planning--Maps
  • -  Parks--Washington (D.C.)--Planning--Maps
  • -  Parks--Potomac River Valley--Planning--Maps
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington Metropolitan Area
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington
  • -  United States--Potomac River Valley

Notes

  • -  Covers Potomac River Valley between Watkins Island and Long Bridge.
  • -  Shows existing and proposed parks.
  • -  "September--1927."
  • -  "Chart 28."
  • -  "39872-29. (Face p. 60.) No. 1."
  • -  Partially typewritten in upper margin of LC copy: [From the] National Capital Park and Planning Commission's "Plans and Studies--Washington and Vicinity ... 1928."
  • -  DCP

Medium

  • 1 map ; 19 x 60 cm., folded to 23 x 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3851.G52 1927 .U4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90684558

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States National Capital Park And Planning Commission, U. S Grant, Carey H Brown, and Charles W Eliot. Upper Potomac park project to preserve the Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac. [Washington, D.C.?: The Commission, 1927] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90684558/.

APA citation style:

United States National Capital Park And Planning Commission, Grant, U. S., Brown, C. H. & Eliot, C. W. (1927) Upper Potomac park project to preserve the Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac. [Washington, D.C.?: The Commission] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90684558/.

MLA citation style:

United States National Capital Park And Planning Commission, et al. Upper Potomac park project to preserve the Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac. [Washington, D.C.?: The Commission, 1927] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90684558/>.