Chicago railway terminal map. / Rand McNally and Company / 1897

Chicago railway terminal map. Rand McNally and Company, 1897

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Full Title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world railway terminal map of Chicago. Rand, McNally & Co's new business atlas map of Chicago. Copyright, 1892, by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago. (1897)

Author: Rand McNally and Company

Date: 1897

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Author: Rand McNally and Company

Date: 1897

Short Title: Chicago railway terminal map.

Publisher: Chicago: Rand McNally

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 67

Object Width cm: 49

Scale 1: 63,360

Note: Col. map. Includes inset of central city at larger scale. Title in margin: Rand, McNally & Company's indexed atlas of the world.

Reference: Cf. Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, 4-0674 (1892 ed.), 4-0732 (1895 ed.), 4-0755, 4-0756 (1898 ed.)

State / Province: Illinois

City: Chicago (Ill.)

Subject: Railroad

List No: 3565.113

Page No: 362-363

Series No: 123

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: 3565113

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