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Title	Post route map of the state of Washington : showing post offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation on the 1st of September 1905 under the direction of A. von Haake, (1905)
Date.Original	1905
Publisher	[Washington?] : Published by order of Postmaster General Geo. B. Cortelyou
Description	1 map : col. ; 77 x 106 cm. Also shows frequency of delivery. Relief shown by spot heights. Seal of the Post Office Department, United States of America at head of title. Insets: Seattle and vicinity, Tacoma and vicinity. Includes list of counties showing relative position within state. Mounted on cloth backing. The colored lines on the map show frequency of mail delivery as noted in the key at the bottom right of the map. Mail service could be as rare as just once a week in some areas.
Subject	Postal service--Washington (State)--Maps; United States. Post Office Dept.--Maps; Washington (State)--Maps
Type	Image
Genre	Maps
Location Depicted	United States--Washington (State)
Rights Notes	No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was created by the United States government.
Identifier	wsu369; G4281.P8 1905.U5x
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 as Post route map of the state of Washington, 1905. G4281.P8 1905.U5x at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc

Post route map of the state of Washington : showing post offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation on the 1st of September 1905 under the direction of A. von Haake, (1905)

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