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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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Author:
Whitney-Graham Company, Inc.
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Whitney-Graham Company, Inc.
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Date:
1930
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1930
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Short Title:
Text Page: The blue book of map making : America's map makers
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Text Page: The blue book of map making : America's map makers
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Publisher:
Whitney-Graham Co.
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New York
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Note:
Promotional atlas issued by the Buffalo-based map publisher Whitney-Graham Company, maps dated 1926-1930, The atlas consists of a page of introductory text, followed by a total of 20 maps pasted on, some folded. Bound in blue cloth covered boars with title pasted on front cover. The maps are in color, some pictorial, depict the United States rail systems or utility networks in the northeast quadrant of the country, with an emphasis on the Midwest, natural recourses, industry, a Standard Gas and Electric Company map, a telegraph map of the world, and small maps of Europe and the Adirondacks. Maps showing political and administrative boundaries, major cities, rivers, lakes, forests and mountains. Some maps are dated on lower left or right margins.
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Promotional atlas issued by the Buffalo-based map publisher Whitney-Graham Company, maps dated 1926-1930, The atlas consists of a page of introductory text, followed by a total of 20 maps pasted on, some folded. Bound in blue cloth covered boars with title pasted on front cover. The maps are in color, some pictorial, depict the United States rail systems or utility networks in the northeast quadrant of the country, with an emphasis on the Midwest, natural recourses, industry, a Standard Gas and Electric Company map, a telegraph map of the world, and small maps of Europe and the Adirondacks. Maps showing political and administrative boundaries, major cities, rivers, lakes, forests and mountains. Some maps are dated on lower left or right margins.
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Full Title:
(Text Page to) The blue book of map making : America's map makers. R.W.C. The Whitney-Graham Co. Inc.
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(Text Page to) The blue book of map making : America's map makers. R.W.C. The Whitney-Graham Co. Inc.
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List No:
11489.002
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11489.002
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2
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Publication Author:
Whitney-Graham Company, Inc.
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Whitney-Graham Company, Inc.
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Pub Date:
1930
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1930
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Pub Title:
The blue book of map making : America's map makers. R.W.C. The Whitney-Graham Co. Inc.
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The blue book of map making : America's map makers. R.W.C. The Whitney-Graham Co. Inc.
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11489.000
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11489.000
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World Atlas
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World Atlas
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Advertisement
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Advertisement
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Pub Maps:
20
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Pub Height cm:
58
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44
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Authors:
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