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Cover: World's pictorial line. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1890

Cover: World's pictorial line. / Union Pacific Railroad Company / 1890
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Full Title: (Covers to) World's pictorial line. Birdseye view of the Great Plains reached via the Union Pacific. The Overland Route ... Knight, Leonard & Co., Printers, Chicago.

Author: Union Pacific Railroad Company

Date: 1890

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Full David Rumsey Map Collection Catalog Record:

Author: Union Pacific Railroad Company

Date: 1890

Short Title: Cover: World's pictorial line.

Publisher: Chicago: Knight, Leonard & Co.

Type: Covers

Object Height cm: 23

Object Width cm: 10

State / Province: U.S. West ; U.S. Mid West ; Kansas ; Nebraska

Full Title: (Covers to) World's pictorial line. Birdseye view of the Great Plains reached via the Union Pacific. The Overland Route ... Knight, Leonard & Co., Printers, Chicago.

List No: 4117A

Series No: 1

Engraver or Printer: Knight, Leonard & Company

Published In: World's pictorial line. Birdseye view of the Great Plains reached via the Union Pacific. The Overland Route ... Knight, Leonard & Co., Printers, Chicago. (untitled map on verso, birdseye view of the Great Plains). Knight, Leonard & Co., Engravers and Printers, Chicago. (1890)

Publication Author: Union Pacific Railroad Company

Publication Date: 1890

Publication Note: The text is titled "Sights and scenes in Nebraska and Kansas." On the verso is a large full color birdseye view of both states from the south, showing the route of the Union Pacific in bright red. The view extends from Omaha and Kansas City on the east to Cheyenne and Denver on the west. Folded into self wrappers.

Publication List No: 4117.000

Publication Type: Timetable Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 41

Publication Width cm: 90

Image No: 4117A

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