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Author: Union Pacific Railroad Company; Central Pacific Railroad Company

Date: 1879

Short Title: Text Page: Union and Central Pacific Railroad line.

Type: Text Page

Obj Height cm: 48

Obj Width cm: 94

Note: Timetables, 24 ills. along the route, promotions for the Black Hills and Leadville Mines, Yosemite, Arizona and Montana, Pullman cars, and Pacific Mail Steamers to Japan, China and India.

Country: United States

Subject: Railroad ; Land Development

Full Title: (Text Page to) Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line. The Great American Over-land Route. Rand, McNally & Co., Printers, Engravers and Electrotypers, 77 and 79 Madison Street, Chicago.

List No: 3256B

Series No: 2

Engraver or Printer: Rand McNally and Company

Publication Author: Union Pacific Railroad Company; Central Pacific Railroad Company

Pub Date: 1879

Pub Title: Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line. The Great American Over-land Route. Rand, McNally & Co., Printers, Engravers and Electrotypers, 77 and 79 Madison Street, Chicago. (map on verso) New map of the American Overland Route showing its connections, and land grants of 30,000,000 acres ... Engraved and Published by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago.

Pub Note: A joint Union and Central Pacific Railway timetable and land promotion. Also has promotions for the Black Hills and Leadville Mines, Yosemite, Arizona and Montana, Pullman cars, and Pacific Mail Steamers to Japan, China and India. Plus illustrations of eight scenes along the route. Map has printed outline color by state. Folded into light blue paper self wrappers 18x10.

Pub List No: 3256.000

Pub Type: Pocket Map ; Timetable Map

Pub Maps: 1

Pub Height cm: 48

Pub Width cm: 94

Image No: 3256B

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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