Record Details
Birdseye view map of Yakima Valley and Central Washington. (1907)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Birdseye view map of Yakima Valley and Central Washington. (1907) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu321 wsu 321 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,724 |
| Creator | Lange, Edward |
| Date | 1907 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | [Yakima, Washington ?]: Legh Freeman |
| Description | 1 bird's eye map: 33 x 51 cm. Map shows railroads, both completed and prosepective, canals, and roadways. Legh Freeman (this map's publisher) was a frontier newsman best known for coming up with the idea of a railroad newspaper, one that would serve all towns located along a given railroad line. Freeman eventually retired to Yakima, Washington. |
| Subject | Washington (State) -- Description and travel -- Maps; Washington (State) -- Yakima County -- Description and travel -- Maps; Railroads; Irrigation |
| Type | Maps; Bird's-eye views |
| Coverage | United States -- Washington (State) |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were photographed using a Mamiya R267 camera on 120 film and scanned at 4,000 dpi as TIFF files on a Nikon Super Cool Scan 8000. 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 |
