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Title
Rand, McNally & Co.'s California
Creator
Rand McNally and Company, printer
Rand McNally and Company, publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1901
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a map of California with railroad routes shown; inset in the bottom left corner of Southern California from Los Angeles to San Diego and an inset in the upper right corner of the San Francisco area; reference key for 37 railroads printed in red and titled "California Railroads." A key of "California. / Chief Cities" with populations printed in left margin.
Image torn. Accompanied by a back cover with advertisement for "Rand, McNally & [Co.] / Series of Indexed pocket Maps..." "Statute Miles, 31 = 1 inch."--text, scale of California map. "Statute Miles, 16 = 1 inch."--text, scale of Southern California map. "Statute Miles, 14 = 1 inch."--text, scale of San Francisco map. "Rand, McNally & Co., Map Publishers and Engravers, Chicago, 1901."--text, bottom center margin. "Copyright, 1901 by Rand, McNally & Co."--text, bottom right of map. "Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Business Atlas Map of California. / Copyright, 1893, by Rand, McNally & Co. Copyright 1895, by Rand, McNally & Co."--text, bottom right of map.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : color printed ; overall 71.12 x 53.82 cm (28 x 21 3/16 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_TRAN_001102
402507
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1492
Language
English
Subject
California--Maps
Railroads--United States--Maps
Intaglio prints--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Maps. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Transportation
Large Size
Railroad
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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