Avoid The Delays / And / Dangers Of Navigation / By Taking The / Union And Central / Pacific R.R. Line / Via / Omaha / .

(Map/RR/1876/Union Pacific)

Verlag: Rand McNally; Chicago; pp.; Wraps; VG; nc/nd (1876), 1876

Beschreibung

_____Single sheet, 20.25 x 38.25", folded to 33 panels, each 6.75 x 3.5"._____ The long horizontal folds have neat, archival reinforcements on the text side._____ ._____Dated by code to July 1, 1876._____ . _____ The exterior is comprised of 12 panels of 24 vignettes of scenery along the route._____ Four panels are a station-by-station timetable of the route between Omaha and Ogden on the Union Pacific, two more continue the information from Ogden to San Francisco. _____ . _____ A couple of the panels emphasize easy access to the gold fields of Sydney, Australia and the Black Hills of Dakota._____ This last journey would be made considerably more stressful by the Custer massacre which had occurred just five days before the date of issue for this schedule._____ . _____ There are in addition a pair of one panel maps."Map of / Rail & Stage Route / Big Tree Groves / and / Yosemite" and "New Mining Map of Utah." . _____ The entire interior is a full color "New Map / of the / American / Overland Route / Showing Its / Connections, and Land Grants / of / 30,000,000 Acres." The red portions of the color printing on the map were slightly mis-registered, having shifted to the right approximately 1/8" during production._____ . _____ ._____. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 23957

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Avoid The Delays / And / Dangers Of ...

Verlag: Rand McNally; Chicago; pp.; Wraps; VG; nc/nd (1876)

Erscheinungsdatum: 1876

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Very Good