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A ROUTE MAP
ALRED A HART, CHICAGO, ILL.
A circa 1870 map engraved by Fisk and Russell N.Y., the two-sided map depicts the railroad line from Chicago to San Francisco. Designed for travelers, the map provides distances, elevations, stage, railroad connections, and the general topography of the country, population of towns and other items of interest; inscribed Armed with this Guide, the passenger needs no further information. Possibly the first type of its kind to be published.
ALRED A HART, CHICAGO, ILL.
A circa 1870 map engraved by Fisk and Russell N.Y., the two-sided map depicts the railroad line from Chicago to San Francisco. Designed for travelers, the map provides distances, elevations, stage, railroad connections, and the general topography of the country, population of towns and other items of interest; inscribed Armed with this Guide, the passenger needs no further information. Possibly the first type of its kind to be published.