Maine Antique Railroad Map c.1888 – Pine Tree State Counties & Settlements

Name: Maine Antique Railroad Map c.1888 – Pine Tree State Counties & Settlements
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-13
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. Good condition with even age toning. Original center fold as issued with slight darkening along the crease. Plate mark visible. Clean margins with minimal handling wear. Strong impression with crisp detail.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Maine
Reference: BG-12794-13

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

Maine in c.1888, an original map by Rand, McNally & Co. printed in black on toned paper with railroad lines overprinted in red and black. The running head "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Maine" runs up the right margin beside atlas page numbers 80 and 81.

The whole state is shown on an upright sheet, with "Maine" lettered in large capitals across the center and the Atlantic Ocean lettered across the lower right. The deeply indented coast is drawn with bays, peninsulas and islands, and shaded with wave lines offshore. Inland, lakes and rivers fill the interior, with the great forest country of the north thinly settled and only lightly mapped. Railroad lines run through the southwest and along the coast, and others run northward up the river valleys toward the Canadian border. New Hampshire lies along the lower left edge.

The sheet records a state whose settled area clung to the coast and the lower river valleys, with a large unsettled interior and rail lines that served its ports, mills and timber trade.

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