Map of Washington and Oregon, (1891)
Rating
Title
Map of Washington and Oregon , (1891)
Creator
Mathews-Northrup Co .
Date.Original
1891
Publisher
Buffalo and New York : Mathews-Northrup Co. , 1891
Description
1 map : col. , 35 x 27 cm . "Size of type indicates importance of places. " By 1889 , Congress granted the Washington Territory its statehood . This map shows the counties of both Oregon and Washington States . Note that by 1891 all of Washington state held county designations . While little is known of the Mathews-Northrup Co. , this map could be from the company's Century Atlas . Other known characteristics common to the company is a "piano-key " border and that color was printed , not hand applied , onto the map .
Subject
Washington (State)--Maps ; Oregon--Maps
Type
Image
Genre
Maps
Location Depicted
United States--Washington (State) ; United States--Oregon
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Identifier
wsu010 ; sc001 2.1 1891
Holding Institution
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries
Digitization
Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.4 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Format
image/jpg2000
Contributors
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections
Language
English
Source
Is found in SC 1 , Historic Maps Collection https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/sc001.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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