Text Page: World's pictorial line. / Union Pacific Railroad Company / 1890

Text Page: World's pictorial line. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1890

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Full Title: (Text Page to) World's pictorial line. Birdseye view of the Great Plains reached via the Union Pacific. The Overland Route ... Knight, Leonard & Co., Printers, Chicago.

Author: Union Pacific Railroad Company

Date: 1890

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Author: Union Pacific Railroad Company

Date: 1890

Short Title: Text Page: World's pictorial line.

Publisher: Chicago: Knight, Leonard & Co.

Type: Text Page

Object Height cm: 45

Object Width cm: 113

Note: 24 p. on 1 sheet. The text is titled "Sights and scenes in Nebraska and Kansas."

State / Province: U.S. West ; U.S. Mid West ; Kansas ; Nebraska

Full Title: (Text Page to) World's pictorial line. Birdseye view of the Great Plains reached via the Union Pacific. The Overland Route ... Knight, Leonard & Co., Printers, Chicago.

List No: 4117B

Series No: 2

Engraver or Printer: Knight, Leonard & Company

Published In: World's pictorial line. Birdseye view of the Great Plains reached via the Union Pacific. The Overland Route ... Knight, Leonard & Co., Printers, Chicago. (untitled map on verso, birdseye view of the Great Plains). Knight, Leonard & Co., Engravers and Printers, Chicago. (1890)

Publication Author: Union Pacific Railroad Company

Publication Date: 1890

Publication Note: On the verso is a large full color birdseye view of both states from the south, showing the route of the Union Pacific in bright red. The view extends from Omaha and Kansas City on the east to Cheyenne and Denver on the west. Folded into self wrappers 23 x 10.

Publication List No: 4117.000

Publication Type: Timetable Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 41

Publication Width cm: 90

Image No: 4117B

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