COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Covers: D.B. Cooke & Co's Railway Map Great Western
Obj Height cm:
15
Obj Width cm:
10
Note:
1st edition was 1855 (Modelski). Elegant and clear railroad map showing Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and parts of the adjacent states. The railroads, both completed and projected, are growing rapidly and reshaping the landscape - the map emphasizes this. Folded into stamped red cloth covers 15x10 with "D.B. Cooke & Co's Railway Map Great Western" and an illustration of a train stamped in gilt. Publisher's advertisements inside front cover.
Reference:
Modelski 118.
Full Title:
(Covers to) D.B. Cooke & Co.'s Great Western Railway Guide. Exhibiting All Stations With Distances From Each other. Chicago, 1856. Entered ... 1856 by D.B. Cooke & Company. Middleton Wallace & Co. Lith. Cincinnati.
List No:
3795.001
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1840
Pub Title:
D.B. Cooke & Co.'s Great Western Railway Guide. Exhibiting All Stations With Distances From Each other. Chicago, 1856. Entered ... 1856 by D.B. Cooke & Company. Middleton Wallace & Co. Lith. Cincinnati.
Pub Reference:
Modelski 118.
Pub Note:
1st edition was 1855 (Modelski). Elegant and clear railroad map showing Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and parts of the adjacent states. The railroads, both completed and projected, are growing rapidly and reshaping the landscape - the map emphasizes this. Folded into stamped red cloth covers 15x10 with "D.B. Cooke & Co's Railway Map Great Western" and an illustration of a train stamped in gilt.
Pub List No:
3795.000
Pub Height cm:
67
Pub Width cm:
95
Image No:
3795001
Publisher Location:
Chicago
Publisher:
Cooke, D.B & Co.
Type:
Covers
State/Province:
U.S. Mid West
Subject:
Railroad
Publication Author:
Cooke, D.B & Co.
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Author:
Cooke, D.B & Co.
Date:
1856
Covers: D.B. Cooke & Co's Railway Map Great Western
