COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Cram, George Franklin
Date:
1877
Short Title:
Rail Road & Township Map Of Minnesota
Publisher:
George F. Cram
Publisher Location:
Chicago
Type:
Pocket Map
Obj Height cm:
53
Obj Width cm:
40
Scale 1:
1,203,840
Note:
1st edition 1876. Without index as issued; in peach colored paper covers 13.5x8.5 with "Cram's Township And Rail Road Map Of Minnesota. Published By Geo. F. Cram, No. 66 Lake Street, Chicago." printed in black, plus an attractive vignette of a railroad train (this vignette appears on all of Cram's paper map covers in 1877 and 1878). Owner's signature of J.B. Werner, with his notation "ink line shows timber and prairie parts" with the ink line on the map. See our 1878 edition for an example of cloth covers and index. These pocket maps of the mid to late 1870's also appeared in Cram's New Commercial Atlas of the United States published in 1875 and later in 1878 (see our #4533). Full color.
State/Province:
Minnesota
Full Title:
Cram's Rail Road & Township Map Of Minnesota. Published By Geo. F. Cram. Proprietor Of The Western Map Depot. 66. Lake St. Chicago Ills. 1877. Entered ... 1876, by G.F. Cram ... Washington D.C.
List No:
3058.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Cram, George Franklin
Pub Date:
1877
Pub Title:
Cram's Rail Road & Township Map Of Minnesota. Published By Geo. F. Cram. Proprietor Of The Western Map Depot. 66. Lake St. Chicago Ills. 1877. Entered ... 1876, by G.F. Cram ... Washington D.C.
Pub Reference:
Karrow 7-0884 (1876 ed.).
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
3058.000
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Pub Height cm:
14
Pub Width cm:
9
Image No:
3058002
Authors:
Cram, George Franklin
