Antique Pennsylvania Map Wall Art – Railroads, Mountains & Cities, Rand McNally

Name: Antique Pennsylvania Map Wall Art – Railroads, Mountains & Cities, Rand McNally
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-78
Price: 380 USD
Availability: InStock

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Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 27 × 53 cm (10.6 × 20.9 in)
Condition: Good. Light age toning consistent with age. Minor edge wear and small handling marks from original atlas binding. One spot in image. Overall clean and well preserved. Folding line as issued.
Places: Pennsylvania
Reference: BG-12794-78

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

Pennsylvania on a two-page spread from Rand, McNally and Co.'s atlas, lettered "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Pennsylvania" and numbered 232 and 233, from the late 19th century. The sheet is printed in black with railroads and county work in red and blue.

The state is drawn in full from the Ohio line at the left to the Delaware at the right, with Lake Erie at the upper left corner. The Allegheny ridges cross the center in bands of fine hachures running northeast to southwest, and the rivers are drawn in a web through them. The county names are lettered across their areas, and colored lines trace the railroads, thickest around Philadelphia at the lower right and Pittsburgh at the lower left. The map follows the Susquehanna and its branches through the middle of the state.

The old description lists Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Erie and Allentown among the cities shown. The dense rail lines in the coal and iron districts show the economy of the state in the 1880s.

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