Map N.P.R.R. / Northern Pacific Railroad Company / 1887

Map N.P.R.R. Northern Pacific Railroad Company, 1887

Map N.P.R.R. / Northern Pacific Railroad Company / 1887

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Full Title: The Yellowstone Park and dining car route to the Pacific Coast. Rand, McNally & Co., Engr's, Chicago. (inset) Map of the Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections.

Author: Northern Pacific Railroad Company

Date: 1887

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Author: Northern Pacific Railroad Company

Date: 1887

Short Title: Map N.P.R.R.

Publisher: Chicago: Poole Bros.; Rand McNally

Type: Timetable Map

Object Height cm: 42

Object Width cm: 88

Scale 1: 2,876,900

Note: Relief shown by hachures. Map shows railroad route in red, otherwise is printed without color. Generally covers area from Fresno, Calif. and Cairo, Ill. north, and from Chicago west, excluding Colorado, Utah and most of Nevada and Nebraska. Inset covers northeastern U.S.

State / Province: U.S. West ; U.S. North East

Subject: Railroad

Full Title: The Yellowstone Park and dining car route to the Pacific Coast. Rand, McNally & Co., Engr's, Chicago. (inset) Map of the Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections.

List No: 3570.001

Series No: 3

Engraver or Printer: Poole Bros. ; Rand McNally and Company

Published In: The Northern Pacific R.R. The Yellowstone Park and dining car route to the Pacific Coast. Poole Bros. Printers and Engravers, Chicago. (map on verso) The Yellowstone National Park and dining car route to the Pacific Coast. Rand, McNally & Co., Engr's, Chicago. (inset) Map of the Northern Pacific Rail Road and connections.

Publication Author: Northern Pacific Railroad Company

Publication Date: 1887

Publication Note: Includes text of J. Proctor Knott's speech - "Knott on Duluth." Folded into beautifully illustrated beige self wrappers 21x10 showing Duluth's port elevators and doors on one side, and on the other is Duluth Harbor and a man standing over the map captioned "Duluth, the Zenith City of the unsalted Sea."

Publication List No: 3570.000

Publication Type: Timetable Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 42

Publication Width cm: 88

Image No: 3570001

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