COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Rand McNally and Company
Date:
1897
Short Title:
Chicago.
Publisher:
Rand McNally
Publisher Location:
Chicago
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
70
Obj Width cm:
50
Scale 1:
57,000
Note:
Col. map. Shows major buildings, parks, cemeteries, etc. Inset: Map of the business portion of Chicago, showing railroad depots. Title in margin: Rand, McNally & Company's indexed atlas of the world.
Reference:
Cf. Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, 4-0637 (1890 ed.), 4-0752 (1898 ed.)
State/Province:
Illinois
City:
Chicago (Ill.)
Subject:
Railroad
Full Title:
Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world street guide map of Chicago. Rand, McNally & Co's map of Chicago and suburbs. Copyright, 1890 by Rand, McNally & Co. (Chicago, 1897)
List No:
3565.111
Page No:
358-359
Series No:
121
Publication Author:
Rand McNally and Company
Pub Date:
1897
Pub Title:
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)
Pub Reference:
cf Phillips, 1026 (1898 ed.)
Pub 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.
Pub List No:
3565.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
125
Pub Height cm:
57
Pub Width cm:
41
Image No:
3565111
Authors:
Rand McNally and Company
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
