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Rand McNally and Company
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Early, large pocket map showing the entire U.S. 1st edition, copyright 1883. Catalogue of "Pocket Maps of Foreign Countries" on inside front cover. See the 1883 Chicago & Alton Railway map - it is this map used as a railway map. Printed outline color by county. Map is folded into plain dark brown cloth covers measuring 17.5x10.
Author
[Dripps, Matthew, Rand McNally and Company]
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A Rand McNally map reissued by Dripps. Catalogue of Dripp's maps. The eight small insets include: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo & Niagara Falls, and Washington. Map is full color and folded into dark brown cloth covers 14x9 with "Dripps' Map Of The United States And Canada" stamped in gilt. Prime meridian is Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
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Rand McNally and Company
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A printed color map of the United States with "Main Auto Roads" superimposed in red showing the early highway system with names (Lincoln Highway, Midland Trail, Pioneer Way, etc.) and not route numbers, which were probably not in use yet. This is an early national road map overlaid on a railroad map showing the related trends of the rise of the automobile and the demise of the railroads. Map is folded into tan card board covers 17x10.5 printed with "Rand-McNally New Official Railroad Map Of The United States And Southern Canada ... 25(cents). Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, New York." Prime meridian is Greenwich.
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Rand McNally and Company
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Map is untitled, title above it taken from covers. Population statistics are given for each state and larger city. The insets are titled: Porto Rico, San Juan (Porto Rico Island), Islands East Of Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, Hawaii, Western Islands of Hawaii, Alaska, and one untitled map of the Aleutian Islands. Map is full printed color by state, folded into brown card board covers 16x9 printed with "Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Official Railroad Map Of The United States And Dominion Of Canada. Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers, Chicago - New York." Prime meridian is Greenwich. Relief shown by hachures.
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