Atchison / Topeka / And Santa Fe / & Southern Pacific Railroads / Southern Route / To The Pacific / Open All The Year Round / Kansas / Colorado, New Mexico / Old Mexico, Arizona, / California, Oregon / And All Pacific Points

(Map / RR / 1882)

Published by Rand McNally;  Chicago;   pp.;  ;  F-;  nc/nd (1882), 1882

About this Item

Single sheet, 15.5 x 28", printed on both sides and folded to 16 panels._____  There are tiny splits to a few interior fold corners._____ The exterior has two title panels and a pair of large ads._____  The first is a double panel ad for the 1882 mining exposition at Denver, which provides our date for the piece._____  There is also a three panel ad for the Las Vegas Hot Springs resort in New Mexico._____ There are engravings of the Denver Exposition Building and the original Montezuma Hotel._____  Two years later the latter burned to the ground._____ The remaining nine panels are all text information regarding tickets, baggage, amenities, connections to trans-Pacific destinations, etc._____ The entire interior is printed in full color with "A Correct Map / Of The United States Of America / Showing the /Atchison, Topeka / And Santa Fe R.R. / And Connections."  _____The route of the ATSF is in bold, with seemingly every tank town & whistle stop labeled._____ This format is not apparent in WorldCat.__. Seller Inventory # P-02867

Bibliographic Details

Title: Atchison / Topeka / And Santa Fe / & ...

Publisher: Rand McNally;  Chicago;   pp.;  ;  F-;  nc/nd (1882)

Publication Date: 1882

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine