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Cover: Yellowstone National Park. Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1898

Cover: Yellowstone National Park. / Northern Pacific Railway Company / 1898
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Full Title: (Covers to) The Yellowstone National Park on the Northern Pacific Railway. (1898)

Author: Northern Pacific Railway Company

Date: 1898

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Full David Rumsey Map Collection Catalog Record:

Author: Northern Pacific Railway Company

Date: 1898

Short Title: Cover: Yellowstone National Park.

Publisher: Chicago: Poole Bros.

Type: Covers

Object Height cm: 12

Object Width cm: 25

Note: Envelope with return address "From Yellowstone National Park on the Northern Pacific Railway" and shows a view of "Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel".

State / Province: Wyoming

Subject: Railroad

Full Title: (Covers to) The Yellowstone National Park on the Northern Pacific Railway. (1898)

List No: 4118A

Series No: 1

Engraver or Printer: Poole Bros.

Published In: The Yellowstone National Park via Northern Pacific Railway. Northern Pacific, Yellowstone Park Line. Puget Sound and Alaska. (map on verso) Northern Pacific Railway. Yellowstone National Park. Copyrighted, 1898, by Poole Bros., Chicago. Poole Bros., Chicago.

Publication Author: Northern Pacific Railway Company

Publication Date: 1898

Publication Note: On one side of this brochure is a large full color birdseye view of Yellowstone National Park. A traveler has marked his route around the park in red ink. The view is the same as that appearing in the brochure of the Burlington Route, 1898. On the verso are two maps, one showing the Northern Pacific route from Duluth and Minneapolis west to Tacoma, the other showing steamship routes to Alaska from Puget Sound, plus the usual photos and text regarding Yellowstone and Alaska. Folded into self wrappers 23 x 11.

Publication List No: 4118.000

Publication Type: Timetable Map

Publication Maps: 3

Publication Height cm: 68

Publication Width cm: 51

Image No: 4118A

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