Large folding color railroad map by Rand McNally, with advertisements around the outside border of the map, and with a profusion
1887 · Buffalo
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Buffalo: Hannifan & Co, 1887. Large folding color railroad map by Rand McNally, with advertisements around the outside border of the map, and with a profusion of advertisements printed on verso. 26x41 inches. Folds into publisher's cloth backed orange boards, advertisements on both covers and on the pastedowns. Minor separations at folds. Large folding color railroad map by Rand McNally, with advertisements around the outside border of the map, and with a profusion of advertisements printed on verso. 26x41 inches. The map by Rand McNally depicts the U.S. as far west as Fort Bliss, Texas, with the nation's numerous railroad routes identified. The map was evidently a stock map issued by Rand McNally and licensed by Hannifan & Co. to produce a series of such regional business directories. The present directory focusses on Queens and Long Island, though other extant examples have ads for businesses in upstate New York, New Jersey and elsewhere. Scarce.
(Inventory #: 370379)