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Rand, McNally & Co.'s new and concise map of Chicago : showing the new city limits and location of the world's Columbian Exposition : streets, parks, boulevards, railroads, street car lines, etc. ; Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of Chicago, no. 3.

Title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s new and concise map of Chicago : showing the new city limits and location of the world's Columbian Exposition : streets, parks, boulevards, railroads, street car lines, etc. ; Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of Chicago, no. 3.
Author: Rand McNally and Company, creator, publisher.
Publication: Chicago, Ill. : Rand McNally & Co., Publishers, 1893.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	Cartographic	Supervised use	Map Div. 15-5862	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	Cartographic	Supervised use	Map Div. 15-5865	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors

Eggleston, Mallette and Brownell (Firm)

Description

2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, hand colored; 70 x 49 cm and 67 x 52 cm

Alternative Title

New and concise map of Chicago : showing the new city limits and location of the world's Columbian Exposition : streets, parks, boulevards, railroads, street car lines, etc.
Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of Chicago, no. 3.
Map of Chicago, no. 3.
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US067.2.02
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US067.2.05

Subjects

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

The new and concise map of Chicago includes advertisement for "Eggleston, Mallette & Brownell, Real Estate & Loans," a vignette of 72nd Street and the list of "Railroads entering Chicago."
"Rand McNally & Co.'s standard map of Chicago, no. 3. Copyright, 1888 by Rand, McNally & Co. Copyright, 1892 by Rand, McNally & Co."-- print along lower left of "Rand, McNally & Co.'s new and concise map of Chicago" side.
The Chicago, no. 3. map, includes list of railroads and radial distanses at 1-mile intervals.
"Rand McNally & Co.'s map of Chicago and Suburbs. Copyright, 1890 by Rand, McNally & Co."-- print along lower left of "Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of Chicago" side.

Indexed In (note)

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5862

OCLC

45657296

Author

Rand McNally and Company, creator, publisher.

Title

Rand, McNally & Co.'s new and concise map of Chicago : showing the new city limits and location of the world's Columbian Exposition : streets, parks, boulevards, railroads, street car lines, etc. ; Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of Chicago, no. 3.

Publisher

Chicago, Ill. : Rand McNally & Co., Publishers, 1893.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:56,000 (W 87°56ʹ24ʺ--W 87°31ʹ25ʺ/N 42°01ʹ23ʺ--N 41°38ʹ39ʺ).

Scale approximately1:21,000 (W 87°43ʹ--W 87°35ʹ/N 41°56ʹ--N 41°49ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 2, page 535, column 1, no. 4

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy has 2 copies of the map, mounted on muslim covering alternate side of map; Copy 1 [Map Div. 15-5862] shows New and concise map of Chicago; copy 2 [Map Div. 15-5865] shows Map of Chicago, no. 3.

Source

US067.2.02

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Place of Publication

United States Illinois Chicago.

Added Author

Eggleston, Mallette and Brownell (Firm)

Other Title

Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of Chicago, no. 3.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5862

Map Div. 15-5865

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