Eli Sheldon Glover

Eli Sheldon Glover (August 14, 1844 – May 29, 1920) was an artist and publisher of perspective maps, including maps of cities in the Midwestern and Western United States and Canada. Glover was active in San Francisco, Chicago, and Tacoma.[1] He was also an inventor,[2] and he wrote The Diary of Eli Sheldon Glover.[3]

Glover established the Merchants Lithographing Company in Chicago. The company was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. Later in his career, he designed and manufactured a prospector's drill for use in Alaska. He also made elevation views of the business districts of San Francisco and Oakland. In addition, Glover had a binder and notebook business.[4]

The Library of Congress includes some of his work in its collection.[5] The Oregon Historical Society has a collection of his papers, which is available online through Orbis Cascade West.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Archives West: Eli Sheldon Glover papers, 1875-1909".
  2. ^ "Google Patents". Google Patents. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ The diary of Eli Sheldon Glover. The Oregon Historical records survey project. 1940.
  4. ^ Reps, John William (1984). Views and Viewmakers of Urban America: Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and a Union Catalog of Their Work, 1825-1925. University of Missouri Press. p. 178. ISBN 9780826204165. eli sheldon glover.
  5. ^ "Search results from Panoramic Maps, Glover, E. S. (Eli Sheldon)". Library of Congress.

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