Antique Map of Kentucky & Tennessee – The Bluegrass & Volunteer States, 1888

Name: Antique Map of Kentucky & Tennessee – The Bluegrass & Volunteer States, 1888
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-34
Price: 515 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1888
Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 52.5 × 36 cm (20.7 × 14.2 in)
Condition: Good. Condition summary: Good condition overall. Mild toning of paper and light foxing at the margins. Original center fold as issued. Strong paper with crisp engraved detail. No major tears or repairs.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Kentucky, Tennessee
Reference: BG-12794-34

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Kentucky and Tennessee together on a single wide sheet, an original map of 1888 by Rand, McNally & Co. of Chicago from their Improved Indexed Business Atlas and Shippers Guide. The sheet is printed in black on toned paper with railroad lines overprinted in red and blue. The running head "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Kentucky and Tennessee" appears across the top between atlas page numbers 296 and 297.

Kentucky occupies the upper part of the sheet under the title "New County and Railroad Map of Kentucky," set in a framed panel at the upper left. Tennessee runs across the lower part, with its own title, "County and Railroad Map of Tennessee," at the lower right. Both states are laid out with their counties and the many railroad lines crossing them, and the long, narrow eastern end of Tennessee runs off to the right along the North Carolina line. The Mississippi River marks the western edge of both states.

By placing the two states on one plate, the atlas follows their shared geography along the Ohio and Cumberland valleys and the lines that linked Louisville, Nashville, Memphis and Chattanooga.

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