Highway Map and Guide of Illinois

Mid-West Map Company

Verlag: Mid-West Map Company, Aurora MO, 1929

Beschreibung

Very nice map printed in the company's signature blue ink. Illinois had many paved roads by 1929. This map has vignettes of many Mississippi River and one Ohio River bridges. The map was a most useful tool for the motorist.umber of paved roads. The map was made in 1929 and this reflected the mobile society of Chicago and outlying cities as far as the St. Louis area. The map was easy to use. Mid-West Map Company was based out of Aurora,MO. Aurora was a mining town with lead and zinc being extracted. This would make it unique for a map company that could use the mining engineers to make maps. The town is located in southwest Missouri. They were able to pump out a considerable quantity of maps for distribution throughout the United States. This map of Illinois fits the bill for the motorists easy use. It was easy to open and close and fit well into storage. According to the Western Association of Map Libraries, there is a guide to dating the company's maps. It is supplied by Angie Cope, Cartographic Materials Catalog Librarian, American Geographical Society. In that entry it is shown that the company was in business with maps issued from 1926-34. It is most likely the Depression was responsible for the firm no longer issuing maps after 1934. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 590

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Highway Map and Guide of Illinois

Verlag: Mid-West Map Company, Aurora MO

Erscheinungsdatum: 1929

Einband: 21 x 16 1/4 inches

Zustand: Very good