DALLAS–FORT WORTH / THE MAP ARCHIVE
Dallas and its suburbs in 1891
An ornate title crowns a dense city-and-suburbs map that records streets, property owners, railroads, waterways, public buildings, businesses and city statistics.
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at 1891.
Dates, creators and map details stated on the archived page or visible on the sheet.
- Map Date
- 1891
The archived title and publisher line both date the map to 1891.
- Publishers
- Murphy & Bolanz
The archive identifies J.P. Murphy and Charles Bolanz as the issuing real estate brokers and investment bankers.
- Cartographer
- Theodore Schauseil
The archived page credits Schauseil, Theodore, Dallas, Texas.
1891 · Dallas–Fort Worth
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The city grid runs diagonally across the sheet
Dallas occupies the dense center, where the street pattern angles from the upper left toward the lower right.
The Trinity bends around the mapped city
The river and its branching waterways form a strong dark line along the west and south sides of the central grid.
The key and city information fill the margins
A numbered key appears at lower left, while several columns of city information run beneath the map.
DALLAS–FORT WORTH / HISTORICAL CONTEXT
A city map with a civic key
The archived description says the map names streets, numbers lots and blocks, identifies property owners and shows rivers, creeks, suburbs and railroads. Its key adds selected public buildings and private businesses, while the lower margin supplies statistical information about Dallas.
PRESERVED FROM THE HISTORICAL WEBSITE
Official Map of the City of Dallas and Suburbs, 1891
Created 20-July-2004
Publisher: Issued by J.P. Murphy and Charles Bolanz, Real Estate Brokers and Investment Bankers, Dallas, 1891.
Cartographer: Schauseil, Theodore, Dallas, Texas
Description: Shows streets by names, lots and blocks by number, property owners in the city and vicinity, rivers, creeks, suburbs, and railroads. A key to some public buildings and private businesses is given as well as statistical information about the city.
Courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission