Colorful 1915 Road Map of Oregon with Portland Inset & Index – Geographical Pub.

Name: Colorful 1915 Road Map of Oregon with Portland Inset & Index – Geographical Pub.
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14111
Price: 860 USD
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Date: 1915
Kind: Maps
Size: 50.8 × 70.9 cm (20 × 27.9 in)
Condition: Good. Printed color. Clean and bright with sharp impressions. The map has a few short fold separations and is detached from its original paper wrappers. Covers show damp stains and top chipping; map itself is in very good condition, suitable for framing.
Period: The Twentieth Century
Places: Oregon
Reference: BG-14111

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

A folding road map of Oregon from the "Premier Series," published in Chicago by the Geographical Publishing Co. around 1915. The sheet is a color lithograph printed in several colors within a bold red border, with the title "Oregon" at the upper left above a legend and explanation.

The state is shown county by county, each in a different tint, with congressional districts outlined in red. Automobile roads are overprinted in green, and the legend identifies principal roads, other roads, railroads and streetcar lines. Forest reserves, towns, rivers and mountain ranges are marked, and the Pacific coast runs down the left edge. A large inset at the top of the sheet shows the Portland vicinity on a larger scale, with a note along the top reading "Automobile roads shown in green."

The map was issued folded in printed wrappers titled "Complete Map of Oregon Showing Principal Automobile Roads." On the verso is a table of county populations based on the census of 1910, which gives the state about 673,000 inhabitants, and an alphabetical index of towns and features.

Maps of this kind record the state in the early years of motoring, when road travel was developing alongside the railroads.

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