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Alonzo Campbell from Bowman Map, 1858
Image of the residence of Alonzo Campbell, Esq. WU from 1858 map of Urbana and West Urbana by Alexander Bowman.
Pratt & Brothers from Bowman Map, 1858
Image of the Pratt & Brothers buildings from 1858 map of Urbana and West Urbana by Alexander Bowman.
Photograph of Alexander Bowman
An undated photograph of Alexander Bowman affixed into Volume One of the journals donated to the Champaign County Historical Archives by Jim Bowman.
Photograph of Alexander Bowman's Diary
Journal kept by Alexander Bowman and passed down through the Bowman family.
Advertisement for Alexander Bowman’s architectural and surveying services (1859)
Advertisement for Alexander Bowman’s architectural and surveying services published in Our Constitution, August 27, 1859.
Advertisement for a lithographic map of West Urbana (1859)
Alexander Bowman created this lithographic map of West Urbana soon after arriving in town and sold them for $1.00 apiece.
Advertisement for Urbana-West Urbana Map (1858)
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.
Neal Street, Champaign, Alexander Bowman 1858 Map
Close-up of Neal Street as spelled on the 1858 Urbana-West-Urbana Map.
Neil Street, Champaign Bird's Eye View Map (1884)
Close-up of Neil Street as spelled on the 1884 Bird’s Eye View Map of Champaign.
Angle's Block, Alexander Bowman 1858 Map
Illustration of Angle’s Block from the 1858 Bowman Map.