Record Details
The Olympian en route Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma, (1911)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Olympian en route Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma, (1911) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu193 WSU 193 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,362 |
| Creator | Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company |
| Date | 1911 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Chicago : Poole Bros. |
| Description | 1 map; 20 x 55 cm. Map shows route of the Olympian railroad with no topographic detail. Panorama photograph of the Olympian's cars above. The Olympian was the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company's attempt at transcontinental traffic. Beginning in late May in 1911, the Olympian ran from Chicago to Tacoma and back, with about 4 days travel in each direction. The trains were painted orange, with gold lettering and maroon trim. The Olympian was unique in the northwest in using... |
| Subject | Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel -- Views; Viewbooks -- West (U.S.) -- 20th century; Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Maps; Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company. |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States |
| 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 The Olympian |
