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Canadian National Railways
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Date estimated.
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Boucher, Lucien (1889-1971)
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Bowers, David
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Color map of the United States, surrounded by illustration of various types of locomotives, with name of steam and electric trains, representing the history and progress of American railroad. Shows state boundaries. Includes railroad equipment, compass rose and notes. "The named trains on the map shows the modern movements in steam and electric transportation in the United States."
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Owens, Charles H.
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Folding promotional tourist brochure map of Mexico, on sheet 57 x 83, folded to 14 x 21, Drawings by Charles H. Owens and text by Harry Carr. Note: "There charming, colorful and sympathetic sketches were made on the spot by Charles Owens, of the Los Angeles Times staff ... " Map shows the route of the Southern Pacific Railway from Los Angeles to Mexico City and Vera Cruz, surrounded by artist's renditions of the sights along the way. Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes. On verso: Text, photos and map of "Southern Pacific's leading trains ..." Date estimated. Owens is perhaps most famous in map circles for his pictorial maps of the Panama Canal and the Theater of War during WWII.
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Southern Pacific
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Date estimated.
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Owens, Charles H.
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Date estimated.
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The Whitney-Graham Co., Inc.
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[Routledge, Fred A., 1873-1936, Prentiss]
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Date estimated.
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Detroit United Railway
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Date estimated. Includes a small map of the Detroit United Railway Electric System.
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[Held, John, Rand McNally & Company]
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Paper map mounted on heavy paper on canvas. Includes six cute eclipse-related illustrations.
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Gill, Leslie MacDonald, 1884-1947
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This is the first year of issue of MacDonald Gill's London Underground map.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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Uncolored pictorial map of the United States, 18x25 on sheet 27.5x21, depicting Southern Pacific's four great routes to the Pacific Coast, Sunset Route, Golden State Route, Overland Route, and Shasta Route, following the trails of the pioneers. Shows major cities, parks. monuments, churches, Indian settlements, etc. Title at center: United States of America. With cartouche at bottom left: 'This map, done in the old style, indicates Southern Pacific's four great routes to the Pacific Coast. Following the trails of the pioneers, they are the best natural routes to the land of scenery and romance." Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative compass rose on the right corner. On verso: Letter to Mr. J.D. Augustus, concerning routing instruction.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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Uncolored pictorial map of the United States with text at the bottom, taken from magazine. Date estimated. Map depicting Southern Pacific's four great routes to the Pacific Coast, Sunset Route, Golden State Route, Overland Route, and Shasta Route, following the trails of the pioneers. Shows major cities, parks. monuments, churches, Indian settlements, etc. Title at center: United States of America, with note, and compass rose at the right corner and view of a train at the lower panel.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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Uncolored pictorial map of the United States with text at the bottom, taken from magazine. Date from reverse side. Map depicting Southern Pacific's four great routes to the Pacific Coast, Sunset Route, Golden State Route, Overland Route, and Shasta Route, following the trails of the pioneers. Shows major cities, parks. monuments, churches, Indian settlements, etc. Title at center: United States of America, with compass rose at the right corner and view of a train at the left corner.
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London Underground Railways
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Date is derived from first presence of Richmond Station. Also, listing on http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clivebillson/tube/tube.html
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[Reichsbahnzentrale fuer den Deutschen Reiseverkehr, Riemer]
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Map 35 cm x 50 cm.
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Art. Institut Orell Fussli
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Relief shown in hachures.
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[Westcott, Linn, Trains Magazine]
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Color. Shaded relief. Includes numerous detailed map insets and a few vignettes.
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Eddy, Gerald A.
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Includes ad for Mt. Lowe Tavern and Cottages. Bird's eye view.
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Niagara Gorge Railroad Company
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[Stone, Lawrence, British Railways. Eastern Region]
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Pictorial map produced by British Railways Eastern Region, with decorative title cartouche, promoting rail travel to Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire. Signed by Lawrence Stone on right lower margin. Shows railway system in black lines. Includes vignettes depiction of principle historical landmarks and local characters, places of interest and activities with explanatory text and coat of Arms. Compass rose on lower right oriented with north to the upper right. Date estimated.
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[Sayer, J.P., Great Western Railway Company]
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Color pictorial map with decorative borders. showing the principle towns, railroads, domestic animals, points of interest and activities of local people. With colorful vignettes of historical places, dated historical events, ship, light house, portraits of famous people, landmarks, and scenery. Includes coat of arms, GWR logo and notes. "Glorious Devon"-A delightful & informative book by S.P.B. Mais ..." Date estimated.
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Commission Romande de la Ligne du Simplon & Union Romande du Tourisme
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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Ivory cover. Stiff paper. London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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Pictorial maps of the United States illustrating Southern Pacific's four great routes to the Pacific Coast. Following the trails of the pioneers. Title from oversize lettering at center: United States of America. With cartouche at bottom left: 'This map, done in the old style, indicates Southern Pacific's four great routes to the Pacific Coast. Following the trails of the pioneers, they are the best natural routes to the land of scenery and romance." Shows Sunset Route, Golden State Route, Overland Route, and Shasta Route. Also shows major cities, parks. monuments, churches, Indian settlements, etc. Margins include vignettes of dated events in the railroad's history since 1862. Colorful compass rose on the right corner. The map was illustrated by J.E.Patterson of Patterson & Sullivan, a San Francisco art firm.
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Dinsdale, Al O.
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Color map. Relief shown by shading and pictorially. Shows drainage and the following trails and railroads: Southern Overland Stage, Central Overland Stage, Pony Express, Santa Fe, Oregon-California, Pioneer Stage Line, Central Pacific railroad, and Union Pacific railroad. Includes illustrations of train, stagecoach, and pony express, sail boats, legend and compass rose.
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[Beck, Henry Charles, London Transport]
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This is the second edition of the first year of issue of Beck's famous map of the London Underground railways, the first such map to use an entirely schematic and largely non geographical design for the railway system. This map is considered to be a landmark of twentieth century information design.
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[Gill, Leslie MacDonald, 1884-1947, Underground Railway Company]
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Colorful pictorial map of the London Theater district, commissioned by the Underground Electric Railways Company in 1915, printed and published by the Westminster Press, whose owner and Managing Director was Gerard T Meynell. Border with name of all the theaters in the district. Showing the principal streets and buildings, the theaters, the parks, and the Underground Stations. It is filled with detail of a humorous character, the peculiarities of every district being happily parodied, and it forms an abundant source of amusement.
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Eddy, Gerald A. (1890-1967)
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Colored birds eye view of the area around the proposed Hoover Dam. Shows state boundaries, boundary of National recreation area, and approximate boundary of Atomic testing grounds, railroads, highways, some distances, cities and towns. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Depth shown by soundings.
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Chiattone, Gabriele
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Gorgeous pictorial map of the Gotthard tunnel, with the 1904 train schedule. Printed in stone-lithography enhanced with gold color. Shows major cities. The Gotthard tunnel was opened in 1891 and was one of the longest tunnrels in Europe for decades. The trains from the North of Europe were able to cross the Swiss Alps to the lakes of Ticino and Italy. The wheel and the Hermes wings were the symbols of the transportation company.
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Eddy, Gerald A. (1890-1967)
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Colored birds eye view of the area around the proposed Hoover Dam. Shows state boundaries, boundary of National recreation area, and approximate boundary of Atomic testing grounds, railroads, highways, some distances, cities and towns. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Depth shown by soundings.
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[Clark, Estra, British Railway Executive]
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Pictorial map of the county, to promote rail travel to and within Yorkshire. With emphasis upon British history and industry. Shows railway system, points of interest, notes, and vignettes illustrating "West Riding Industry" with mill worker, miner etc., North Eastern railway, the Arms of London and Northeastern Railways, Arms of the Ridings, Farming & Fishing" with fishermen etc. Relief shown pictorially.
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[Ludkins, Fred, Terry, T. Philip, Martinez, Judith, Montenegro, Roberto (1885-1968)]
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Foldout. Full color. Two dramatic illustrations of Azatlan, Sinaloa, and Guaymas, Sonora, frame the map. Shows West Coast Route (in Mexico) of Southern Pacific Railroad.
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[Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, Art. Institut Orell Fussli, Gauchat,P.]
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Pictorial map on sheet 46x50, originally published in 1931, showing the international railway connections of Switzerland, folding to pamphlet 23x10, with pictorial cover, illustration of Swiss scenery and portrait of William at upper right corner by P. Gauchat from the earlier edition on recto, On verso text: "The Land of Contrasts", information on Railway Tickets and explanation on the railway map. Map surrounded by humorous characters, sailing ships, and a blimp, shows Switzerland at the center of a network of railways from southern England at the upper left to Venice and Florence at the lower right, also showing major cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures.
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[Beck, Henry Charles, London Transport]
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This the first edition of the first year of issue of Beck's famous map of the London Underground railways, the first such map to use an entirely schematic and largely non geographical design for the railway system. This map is considered to be a landmark of twentieth century information design. See our 8727.000 for the second edition later in 1933.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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Ivory cover. Stiff paper. London subway.
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