Record Details
Map of Washington and Oregon, (1891)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of Washington and Oregon, (1891) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu10 WSU 10 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,199 |
| Creator | Mathews-Northrup Co. |
| Date | 1891 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Buffalo and New York : Mathews-Northrup Co., 1891 |
| Description | 1 map: col., 35 x 27 cm. "Size of type indicates importance of places." By 1889, Congress granted the Washington Territory its statehood. This map shows the counties of both Oregon and Washington States. Note that by 1891 all of Washington state held county designations. While little is known of the Mathews-Northrup Co., this map could be from the company's Century Atlas. Other known characteristics common to the company is a "piano-key" border and that color was printed, not hand applied,... |
| Subject | Washington (State)--Maps; Oregon--Maps |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | Washington (State); Oregon |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | 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. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
