San Francisco. / Rand McNally and Company / 1897

San Francisco. Rand McNally and Company, 1897

San Francisco. / Rand McNally and Company / 1897

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Full Title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world map of San Francisco. Rand, McNally & Co.'s new business atlas map of San Francisco. Copyright, 1891 ... Rand, McNally & Co., Engravers, Chicago. (1897)

Author: Rand McNally and Company

Date: 1897

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Author: Rand McNally and Company

Date: 1897

Short Title: San Francisco.

Publisher: Chicago: Rand McNally

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 50

Object Width cm: 66

Scale 1: 25,000

Note: Col. map. Shows major buildings, cemeteries, parks, flumes, street car lines, etc. Inset: Map of San Francisco and vicinity. Scale (ca. 1:450,000). Title in margin: Rand, McNally & Company's indexed atlas of the world.

State / Province: California

City: San Francisco (Calif.)

List No: 3565.148

Page No: 446-447

Series No: 158

Published In: Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world containing large scale maps of every country and civil division upon the face of the globe, together with historical, descriptive, and statistical matter relative to each ... Accompanied by a new and original compilation forming a ready reference index ... Engraved, printed and published by Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago and New York, U.S.A., 1897. (on verso) Copyright, 1894, by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago ... (complete in two volumes)

Publication Author: Rand McNally and Company

Publication Date: 1897

Publication Reference: cf Phillips, 1026 (1898 ed.)

Publication Note: This was Rand McNally's highwater mark for its 19th century atlases. No obvious changes from the 1896 edition. Similar to the 1897 Standard Atlas of the World. Vol 1 - Foreign Countries, Vol 2 - United States. Map in full printed color. Atlas is bound in green cloth covers with "The Rand-McNally indexed atlas of the world . Foreign countries" and " ... United States" stamped in gilt on Volumes 1 and 2, respectively.

Publication List No: 3565.000

Publication Type: World Atlas

Publication Maps: 125

Publication Height cm: 57

Publication Width cm: 41

Image No: 3565148

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