Image of a map of railroad routes and stations in the Mid West, Great Lakes Region, and the Southern United States; map verso contains multiple advertisements with eight vignettes including images of a horse-drawn farming machine and man in a field for the Chicago Scraper & Ditcher Company, images of fire extinguishers and engines for the Babcock Fire Extinguisher, including a view of a man in a parlor fighting a fire with an extinguisher attached to his back; an egg crate for the Union Egg Carrier Company, and a view of a wilderness area with a person walking on a path, with an ivy decoration for Rand McNally and Co. Lower left corner of map missing. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, / by Gaylor Watson, / In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."--text, upper right corner of map. "[text missing] [Pub]lisher, 16 Beekman Street, New York. Chicago Agency, 66 Lake Street, D. Needham, Manager. Agents wanted in every section of the country, for the latest and most reliable Maps published, and to whom the most / [text missing] Map Engraving, Printing, Coloring, and Mounting; in the best possible style, and at the lowest rates. Special Railroad Maps to accompany Reports, &c. furnished at short notice."--text, bottom margin. "Rand McNally / and / Co. / Printers, Stationers, Engravers and Electrotypers, 51 Clark Street, Chicago."--text, advertisement bottom left on verso.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 56.2 x 77.31 cm (22 1/8 x 30 7/16 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Agriculture--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Railroads--United States--Maps Rand McNally and Company Intaglio prints--1850-1875. (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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