Record Details
Tourist map of Union Pacific the overland route and connecting lines, (1888)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Tourist map of Union Pacific the overland route and connecting lines, (1888) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu175 WSU 175; F881 .U552 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,343 |
| Creator | Union Pacific Railroad Company |
| Date | 1888 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Chicago, Rand, McNally & Co., Printers |
| Description | 1 map: col., 20 x 59 cm. In 1888, the Union Pacific Railroad Company was touting tourist points of interest on their transcontinental railroad route. While the boundaries and geography of the United States is somewhat skewed, the map does include inset pictures of scenic places found along the track. The Transcontinental Railroad took four years to complete (1865-1869). Stretching some 1,700 miles, the Central Pacific pushed east from Sacramento as the Union Pacific left Omaha, Nebraska and... |
| Subject | Railroads -- Maps; Railroads -- West (U.S.); Washington (State) -- Maps, Tourist; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Promontory Summit (Utah); Crater Lake; Cascade Mountain Range; Alaska; |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State); United States--Oregon; United States--California; United States--Nevada; United States--Wyoming; United States--Nebraska; United States--Utah; United States--Missouri |
| 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 |
| Relation | Is part of Sights and scenes in Oregon, Washington and Alaska for tourists |
