COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Covers: California's Golden Chain : the Mother Load Highway (State Highway 49)
Obj Height cm:
22
Obj Width cm:
10
Note:
Illustrated cover and title page, with text. Color map (on verso), 56x43, folded to 22x10. Map surrounded by views and illustrations of selected points of interest. Also some points of interest shown pictorially. Includes poem in panel: "California's Golden Chain, the Mother Lode." On verso: cover title, location map, views and text on Mother Lode country, and counties of Mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, and Placer; with brief histories and descriptions. Includes "Acknowledgment: This is a cooperative map made by combined effort of the Mother Lode Highway Association, the Mother Lode Counties' supervisors, Merchants, and the Mother Lode Chambers of Commerce."
Full Title:
(Covers to) California's Golden Chain : the Mother Load Highway (State Highway 49). Ledger Press, Jackson. (on verso map) California's Golden Chain : the Mother Lode. Designed by Fred Witta, Jr. Amador County. Art work by Pope Studio, Sacramento. (printed by) Sacramento Lithograph Co. Copyright.
List No:
8031.001
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1951
Pub Title:
California's Golden Chain : the Mother Lode. Designed by Fred Witta, Jr. Amador County. Art work by Pope Studio, Sacramento. (printed by) Sacramento Lithograph Co. Copyright. (on verso cover title) California's Golden Chain : the Mother Load Highway (State Highway 49). Ledger Press, Jackson.
Pub Note:
Color map, 56x43, folded to 22x10. Surrounded by views and illustrations of selected points of interest. Also some points of interest shown pictorially. Includes poem in panel: "California's Golden Chain, the Mother Lode." On verso: Illustrated cover and title page, with location map, views and text on Mother Lode country, and counties of Mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, and Placer; with brief histories and descriptions. Includes "Acknowledgment: This is a cooperative map made by combined effort of the Mother Lode Highway Association, the Mother Lode Counties' supervisors, Merchants, and the Mother Lode Chambers of Commerce."
Pub List No:
8031.000
Pub Height cm:
56
Pub Width cm:
43
Image No:
8031001
Publisher Location:
Jackson, Calif.
Publisher Location:
Sacramento, Calif.
Publisher:
Ledger Press
Publisher Location:
Jackson, Calif.
Publisher Location:
Sacramento, Calif.
Publisher:
Sacramento Lithograph Co.
Type:
Covers
State/Province:
California
Subject:
Pictorial map
Engraver or Printer:
Pope Studio
Publication Author:
Witta, Jr. Fred
Publication Author:
Golden Chain Council of the Mother Lode.
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Author:
Witta, Jr. Fred
Author:
Golden Chain Council of the Mother Lode.
Date:
1951
Covers: California's Golden Chain : the Mother Load Highway (State Highway 49)
