Map of Washington, (1881)
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Title
Map of Washington , (1881)
Creator
Rand McNally and Company .
Date.Original
1881
Publisher
Chicago : Rand McNally and Company , 1881
Description
1 map : col. , 28 x 34 cm . One of the first successful American publishing companies to venture beyond the east coast , Rand McNally and Co . began in Chicago , 1856 , under William H . Rand . Rand soon after employed printer Andrew McNally , and by 1868 the two men had become partners . Early on, the duo published mostly timetables and tickets for the Railroad companies . Rand McNally took on map publishing in 1871 , and has continued in this business ever since . This map of Washington territory , 1881 , highlights travel routes of the Northern Pacific Railroad , both proposed and in service . It also shows the "gold regions " to be mined and historic wagon routes , such as the wagon road to Walla Walla and Oregon's Emigrant Road . The map was printed from a method of wax engraving and electrotyping introduced to the company by engraver Charles H . Waite . Mr . Waite also showed the company how to reproduce color mechanically , rather than by hand . Both of these skills Waite gained while working for other publishers , but the methods achieved prominence at Rand McNally . Note also the map's border . The now familiar index system was new at the time--invented in the 1870s by Rand McNally's map department director , Mr . Robert A. Bower . The system has become a standard locator on maps today .
Subject
Washington (State)--Maps ; Washington Territory ; Waite , Charles H. ; Bower , Robert A. ; Northern Pacific Railroad
Type
Image
Genre
Maps
Location Depicted
United States--Washington (Terr.)
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Identifier
wsu096 ; sc001 2.274 1881
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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