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The 1887 Hopkins Maps of Washington, DC
Kelsey & Associates are pleased to offer the only known full size, high quality, color prints produced from full size scans of our individual and original 1887 GM Hopkins Maps. The 44 maps in all cover each and every corner of the present day boundaries of Washington, DC. These are high quality PRINTS of the original hand colored maps that were the first finely detailed maps produced of the city. A Full Size, High Quality Poster Print, Scanned Full Size from the Original for Only $89! Visit our eBay store at or send us an email to request your print and we will contact you to collect your credit card and mailing information. These poster size copies are slightly larger, about an inch on each side, to provide an outside area for matting and to compensate for any missing or split edges from the original. Each poster measures an impressive 2 feet, eight and one-half inches wide by one foot, eleven and one-half inches tall (32.5 inches by 23.5 inches). The prints are full color, and printed on white semi gloss finish, heavy poster paper without any digital manipulation. These prints look better than the originals! The outstanding maps show many, many buildings long gone, many lot and home owner names from 1887, building addresses, lot sizes and back buildings (carriage houses, fuel sheds, etc), and even many wood frame houses moved or razed to allow for Victorian era townhouses.
To assist you in narrowing down your map number, you can also use the following, or email us and we will gladly let you know what map number your house appears on, (note some of the suburbs such as Takoma Park are produced as insets on some inner city maps): NW south of Florida Avenue: Maps 1 & 2 (Foggy Bottom), 3 & 4 (Dupont Circle), 5, 6 & 7 (Downtown and West End) Georgetown: Maps 38 & 39 **** NE Washington south of Florida Avenue: Maps 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35 (All NE Capitol Hill), and 41 **** SE Washington: 23, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 41 (Anacostia), and 44. **** SW Washington: 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, and 44 (Far SE)
Not sure of your Square Number? Go to the Taxpayer Service Center and put in your house number and street name in the yellow boxes! 1887
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SIZE: Each of the original map pages was an impressive two feet, seven and-one-half inches wide by one foot, ten-and-a-half inches tall (31.5 inches by 22.5 inches). They were scanned at 400 dpi at full size to produce a print the same size as the original. 
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 a full size copy of the original that is ready to frame! These maps always bring lots of attention when and wherever we lecture on house history, and would be especially nice framed as a gift for the history buff or person that has everything. 
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