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List of Figures, Tables, and Illustrations

Many of the following appear in the book. Some of the book photographs do not appear in this section.

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Senator Tillman's Allegorical Cow, 1896.

Paul Revere, 'A View of Part of the Town of Boston, in New-England and British Ships of War: Landing their Troops! 1768.' Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

Bernhard Dandorf, 'View of New Orleans Taken from the Lower Cotton Press'. Circa 1850s. Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

Manourvier and Chavin, 'View of New Orleans (First Municipality).' Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

'Norman's Plan of New Orleans & Environs, 1854.' Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

Brete Harte, The Heathen Chinee, illustrated by Joseph Hull. 'Ah-Sin in the Air.' No. 8. Chicago: Western News Company, 1870. Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

'The Pocket Book Dropper,' The National Police Gazette, May 27, 1848. Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

'Five Points, N.Y. City, Photo by Anthony.' Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

'Correct Map of New York Central Park, 1865.' Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

'Bridge Over the Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Penn.' From Ballou's Pictorial, February 21, 1857. Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

'Demolished and Tilted By the Earthquake, Homes on Howard Street at 17th, 1906.' (544 - 7961) Kelly and Chadwick. San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

'The Pride of the Pacific Coast Laid Desolate in a Few Hours, Great Earthquake, San Francisco,' Copyright 1906 (16892), B.W. Kilburn. San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Stereograph From American Antiquarian Society. Stereographs: Box 10 and 11, Author: San Francisco, Title: Earthquake, 1906.

'Smog, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 11, 1950.' Courtesy of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention/Barbara Jenkins, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Transportation Photo Essay: 'Clic-Clack Des Omnibus,' Street Scene, 1835. Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

Transportation Photo Essay: 'Whitehall, South and Staten Island Ferries and Revenue Barge Office', New York. Circa 1850s-1860s. Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

Transportation Photo Essay: Trolley Wayfinder, 'Bird's Eye View of Trolley Routes in New England,' New England Street Railway Club, 1907. Courtesy of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society.

Transportation Photo Essay: Horsecar, New York City, 1908. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Transportation Photo Essay: Norfolk, Virginia, Granby Street, circa 1915. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Transportation Photo Essay: Trolley Car, Hyde Street Hill, San Francisco, circa 1970s. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Transportation Photo Essay: 'Creeping Sickness.' American City. April 1929.

Ebenezer Howard, Garden-City Diagram, From Garden Cities of To-Morrow (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Company, 1902).

The Rural-Urban Transect. Courtesy of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company.

Celebration, Florida, 2008. Photograph by Lisa Krissoff Boehm. (See also Celebration, Florida slideshow on website.)