# 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. He was also an inventor, and he wrote The Diary of Eli Sheldon Glover.
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.
The Library of Congress includes some of his work in its collection. The Oregon Historical Society has a collection of his papers, which is available online through Orbis Cascade West.

## Gallery

* Anniston, Alabama, 1888; published by E.S. Glover, Shober & Carqueville Litho. Co., Chicago
* Baxter Springs, Kansas, 1871
* Brigham City and Great Salt Lake 1875
* Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan, 1868; drawn by A. Ruger, pigmented by E. S. Glover (Eli Sheldon), Merchants Lithographing Company, Chicago
* Green River, Wyoming Territory, 1875
* Healdsburg, California, December 31, 1875, with insets of Litton's Springs, Skagg's Springs, View of Russian River Valley, Magnolia Farm, and the Geuser Springs; drawn by E.S. Glover, A.L. Bancroft Lithographers, San Francisco
* Helena, Montana, 1875, with synopsis description and background as well as list of landmarks; drawn by E.S. Glover, C. (Charles) K. Wells publishing, A.L. Bancroft Lithographers, Published by Jordan Bros
* Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan, 1868, with image of Union School inset; drawn by A. Ruger, published by E.S. Glover, Chicago Lithography Co.
* Los Angeles, California, as well as Wilmington and Santa Monica; drawn and published by E.S. Glover Los Angeles, A.L. Bancroft San Francisco
* Los Angeles and Brooklyn Heights
* Muskegon, Michigan, 1889
* Ogden City, Utah
* City Olympia, Washington, East Olympia and Tumwater, Puget Sound region, Washington Territory, with list of landmarks; drawn by E.S. Glover, A.L. Bancroft & Co., Lith., San Francisco
* Ottawa, Kansas, 1872
* Port Arthur, Texas, 1912
* Portland, Oregon, population 22,000; drawn and published by E.S. Glover, A.L. Bancroft & Co. Lithographers, San Francisco
* Port Townsend, Puget Sound, Washington Territory, 1878, with list of landmarks; drawn and published by E.S. Glover, Portland, Oregon, A.L. Bancroft & Co., Litho., San Francisco
* Romeo, Michigan, 1868; published by E.S. Glover
* Saint Clair County, Michigan, 1868; published by E.S. Glover
* Salem, Oregon
* Salt Lake City
* Santa Barbara, California, looking north with Santa Barbara Mountains (Santa Ynez Mountains) in the background, 1877
* Santa Rosa, California
* City of Seattle, Washington Territory, 1878
* San Diego, California, 1876, with list of landmarks; drawn by E.S. Glover, published by Schneider and & Kueppers, A.L. Bancroft & Co. Lithographers San Francisco
* New Tacoma and Mount Rainier, 1877 terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad; A.L. Bancroft Lithographers San Francisco
* Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan, 1868; drawn by A. Ruger, published by E.S. Glover (Eli Sheldon), Chicago Lithographing Co.
* Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 1878, with list of landmarks
* Walla Walla, Washington Territory, 1876