Record Details
Oregon, (1884)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Oregon, (1884) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu15 WSU 15 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,249 |
| Creator | Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928 |
| Date | 1884 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | [Chicago: Geo F. Cram, 1884] |
| Description | 1 map: col., 34 x 29 cm. "Population 174,768". "Area, square Miles 94,560". George F. Cram, a Union soldier who fought in Sherman's Army during the Civil War, returned home in 1867 to Evanston, Illinois to begin a map and atlas company with his uncle, Rufus Blanchard. By 1875, Cram owned his own publishing company in Chicago and soon rose to success by using a wax engraving process (similar to that perfected by the Rand McNally Company, his greatest competitor). Invented in 1834 by Richard... |
| Subject | Washington (State)--Boundaries; Oregon--Maps; Rand McNally Co.; Cerography; Electrotyping; Morse, Richard Cary; Munson, Henry A. |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--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 |
