Record Details
Map of Washington, (1881)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of Washington, (1881) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu96 WSU 96 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,240 |
| Creator | Rand McNally And Company |
| Date | 1881 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Chicago : Rand McNally and Company, 1881 |
| Description | 1 map: col., 28 x 34 cm. One of the first successful American publishing companies to venture beyond the east coast, Rand McNally and Co. began in Chicago, 1856, under William H. Rand. Rand soon after employed printer Andrew McNally, and by 1868 the two men had become partners. Early on, the duo published mostly timetables and tickets for the Railroad companies. Rand McNally took on map publishing in 1871, and has continued in this business ever since. This map of Washington territory,... |
| Subject | Washington (State)--Maps; Washington Territory; Waite, Charles H.; Bower, Robert A.; Northern Pacific Railroad |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | Washington (State); Washington Territory |
| 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 |
