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Title: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway. The Milwaukee and Mississippi Valley route to the great north-west
Creator: Rand McNally and Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1869
1870
1871
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1873
1874
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1879
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad routes of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and connecting lines centered and bordered with promotional text, lists of railway stations, and six landscape vignettes captioned "Fort Snelling, Minn."; Dells of the Wisconsin. - Inkstand & Sugar Bowl."; "Templar Rock, Lake Pepin."; Jaws of the Dells."; "The Maiden's Rock, on Lake Pepin." with an image of a Native American in a headdress in the foreground overlooking a railroad train and steamboats; and "Vizor Ledge, east of Standing Rock."; map verso contains panels with promotional text, timetables, a "Map of the Business Districts of Chicago" and two vignettes on the fold-up map cover captioned, "Dells of the Wisconsin. - Lone Rock from Below." and "Dells of Wisconsin. - Inkstand and Sugar Bowl."
Probable date based on item text. "Rand, McNally & Co., Printers, Engravers and Electrotypers, Chicago."--text, bottom center margin of fold-up map cover. "Rand, McNally & Co., Eng's."--text, bottom right of center map. "Condensed time table. / Taking effect Monday, December 27, 1874."--text, timetable title.
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : color printed ; overall 35.24 x 45.4 cm (13 7/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001116
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1687
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Fort Snelling (Minn.)--Pictorial works
Indians of North America--Pictorial works
Lakes--Pictorial works
Landscapes--Pictorial works
Railroad travel--Pictorial works
Railroads--United States--Maps
Tourism--Pictorial works
Wilderness areas--Pictorial works
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company
Intaglio prints--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Maps. (gmgpc)
Timetables. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Transportation
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Railroad
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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