Antique Map of Southern Ohio – The Buckeye State - Railroads & Townships, 1888

Name: Antique Map of Southern Ohio – The Buckeye State - Railroads & Townships, 1888
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-32
Price: 515 USD
Availability: InStock

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Shipping to the United States: $51 standard, $73 express, insured and tracked.

Date: 1888
Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 36 × 52.5 cm (14.2 × 20.7 in)
Condition: Good. Condition summary: Good condition overall. Light age toning and faint foxing in the margins. Original folds as issued. Strong paper with crisp engraved detail, no major tears or repairs.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Ohio
Reference: BG-12794-32

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

Southern Ohio in 1888, an original map 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, and the running head "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Southern Ohio" appears across the top between atlas page numbers 276 and 277.

The lower half of the state is shown on a wide sheet, with a title panel at the lower right reading "New Sectional and Township Map of Ohio." The counties and townships are printed closely, and railroad lines converge on Cincinnati at the lower left on the Ohio River and run through Columbus and the central counties. The Ohio River forms the southern and eastern border, with Kentucky and West Virginia beyond, and Indiana is lettered at the western edge.

The sectional and township subdivision is the distinctive feature of this sheet. It reflects the way Ohio's land was surveyed, and it gave shippers and land agents a local reference to the lines and towns of the region.

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