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Campbell.png
Image of the residence of Alonzo Campbell, Esq. WU from 1858 map of Urbana and West Urbana by Alexander Bowman.

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Image of the Pratt & Brothers buildings from 1858 map of Urbana and West Urbana by Alexander Bowman.

02_Alexander Bowman.jpg
An undated photograph of Alexander Bowman affixed into Volume One of the journals donated to the Champaign County Historical Archives by Jim Bowman.

03_Bowman Diary.jpg
Journal kept by Alexander Bowman and passed down through the Bowman family.

04_BowmanAd_OurConstitution.JPG
Advertisement for Alexander Bowman’s architectural and surveying services published in Our Constitution, August 27, 1859.

06_Bowman WU Maps.JPG
Alexander Bowman created this lithographic map of West Urbana soon after arriving in town and sold them for $1.00 apiece.

07_BowmanMapAd_U_UW.JPG
Bowman used a subscription model to fund his 1858 Urbana-West Urbana map. The map sold for $100.00 dollars and was designed for reference and decoration.

13_Neal Street Closeup.png
Close-up of Neal Street as spelled on the 1858 Urbana-West-Urbana Map.

14_Neil Street Closeup.png
Close-up of Neil Street as spelled on the 1884 Bird’s Eye View Map of Champaign.

19_Angles Block_Bowman Map.JPG
Illustration of Angle’s Block from the 1858 Bowman Map.
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