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Title
Map of the Northern Pacific Railway and tributary country
Creator
National Railway Publication Company, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
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 the routes and connecting lines of the Northern Pacific Railway across the northern United States and Canada; inset circular map of the northern hemisphere in the upper right corner and a diagram in the bottom margin of the elevations of the routes of the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad.
Probable date based on date provided for copy of map held by the Joseph Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago. "National Railway Publication Company, Philadelphia"--text, bottom right of image. "Profiles of the Northern Pacific and the Central and Union Pacific Railroads / showing the difference in the configuration [of the] country along the respective routes." --text, bottom margin. "Map / of the / Northern Pacific / Railroad / showing the / Intercontinental Routes / Oceanic Currents, / and steamboat lines / around the world."--text, title at center of inset.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : color printed ; overall 62.23 x 76.52 cm (24 1/2 x 30 1/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_TRAN_001052
402466
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1525
Language
English
Subject
Advertising--Railroads
Railroads--United States--Maps
Northern Pacific Railway
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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