The Library of Congress recently scanned and posted 30,000 maps drafted and published in the 19th century by The Sanborn Map Company. That being rather a lot of get though, Ben Welsh made a Twitter bot that posts one every few hours.
Here's an 1896 insurance map of Goshen, Indiana. Delicious.
If you like those astonishing typefaces, Letterhead Fonts makes a number of modern replicas. See also Pilaster Davy's.