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Author: L.H. Everts & Co.

Date: 1887

Short Title: Map of Abilene and environs, Dickinson Co.

Publisher: Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co.

Type: Atlas Map

Obj Height cm: 68

Obj Width cm: 61

Scale 1: 7,200

Note: Hand col. lithographed map. Shows block and lot numbers, tracts, owners of large parcels, etc.

Reference: Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, 13-0003.

State/Province: Kansas

City: Abilene (Kan.)

Full Title: Map of Abilene and environs, Dickinson Co. (L.H. Everts & Co., publishers, Phila., Pa., 1887)

List No: 2818.378

Page No: after 260

Series No: 390

Publication Author: L.H. Everts & Co.

Pub Date: 1887

Pub Title: The official state atlas of Kansas compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations. Philadelphia. L.H. Everts & Co. 1887. (on verso of title page) Copyright, 1887, L.H. Everts & Co. (with view:) State Capitol, Topeka, Kan. Haskell & Wood, Arch's. F.F. Goist Sc.

Pub Reference: Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, 13-1798; Phillips, 1710; Ristow. American maps and mapmakers, p. 441; LeGear. Atlases of the United States, LC 1368.

Pub Note: "Huge atlas, many maps and views, scarce. With 340 numbered pages (plus many unnumbered pages) of maps and views this must be the largest State Atlas published (Andreas' Iowa has 250 pages of maps and views). The views show the remarkable development of the state over two decades after the Civil War. Many large folding maps of cities are included. Bound in new burgandy cloth covered boards with ""The Official Atlas Of Kansas 1887"" stamped in gilt. Maps hand painted in full color."

Pub List No: 2818.000

Pub Type: State Atlas

Pub Maps: 295

Pub Height cm: 46

Pub Width cm: 40

Image No: 2818378

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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