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Touring Canada : showing Trans-Canada Highway and 75,000 miles of main travelled highways of Canada and the United States, including associated tours of the Automobile Club of America
- Title
- Touring Canada : showing Trans-Canada Highway and 75,000 miles of main travelled highways of Canada and the United States, including associated tours of the Automobile Club of America / issued by Royal Automobile Club of Canada, the Automobile Club of America, National Highways Association ; made by Map Shop of the N.H.A., Washington, D.C., U.S.A. ; John C. Mulford, chief cartographer ; C.C. Faunce, cartographer.
- Author
- National Highways Association, creator, publisher.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Highways Association ; [Montreal] : Royal Automobile Club of Canada ; [New York?] : Automobile Club of America, [1928]
- Baltimore : Lithographed & printed by A. Hoen & Co., [1928]
- ©1928
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Use in library | Map Div. 19-1955 | Schwarzman Building M2 - Map Division Desk Room 117 |
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- Description
- 1 map : color; 53 x 134 cm, on sheet 59 x 140 cm
- Summary
- [Depicts the highway network in the northern United States and southern Canada, with different types of roads differentiated by colors and varying line widths. Highlighted above all is a wide red line depicting a proposed Trans-Canada Highway linking Halifax and Vancouver, though construction was not actually authorized until 1949.]--Boston Rare Maps website.
- Alternative Title
- Showing Trans-Canada Highway
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Good roads everywhere
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Road maps.
- Note
- "1st edition copyright, 1928, by National Highways Association, Washington, D.C."
- "Published under direction of the National Highways Association ..."
- "Issued by Royal Automobile Club of Canada, the Automobile Club of America, National Highways Association."
- Includes text, "Numbers and names of highway associations affiliated with the National Highways Association," 2 lists of organizations that helped to produce this map, and illustrations (some color).
- Inset: Northwest British Columbia and Alberta.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 19-1955
- OCLC
- 1015248554
- Author
- National Highways Association, creator, publisher.
- Title
- Touring Canada : showing Trans-Canada Highway and 75,000 miles of main travelled highways of Canada and the United States, including associated tours of the Automobile Club of America / issued by Royal Automobile Club of Canada, the Automobile Club of America, National Highways Association ; made by Map Shop of the N.H.A., Washington, D.C., U.S.A. ; John C. Mulford, chief cartographer ; C.C. Faunce, cartographer.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : National Highways Association ; [Montreal] : Royal Automobile Club of Canada ; [New York?] : Automobile Club of America, [1928]
- Manufacturer
- Baltimore : Lithographed & printed by A. Hoen & Co., [1928]
- Copyright Date
- ©1928
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:3,510,000 (W 134°00ʹ--W 55°50ʹ/N 56°45ʹ--N 37°40ʹ).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Local Note
- NYPL Map Div. copy from the Albert Sprague Bard Collection.
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- Mulford, John C., cartographer.Faunce, C. C., cartographer.Royal Automobile Club of Canada, publisher.Automobile Club of America, publisher.A. Hoen & Co., lithographer, printer.Albert Sprague Bard Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 19-1955