Map of Western United States 1903 – Railroads, State Borders, and Terrain

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Map of Western United States 1903 – Railroads, State Borders, and Terrain

Name: Map of Western United States 1903 – Railroads, State Borders, and Terrain
Brand: W. & A. K. Johnston
SKU: BG-13577-48
Price: 380 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1903
Maker: W. & A. K. Johnston
Kind: Maps
Size: 47 × 36.8 cm (18.5 × 14.5 in)
Condition: Good. The condition is excellent for its age, with light toning around the edges and crisp, vibrant color that highlights the states and regions. It retains its charm and historical significance, making it a remarkable addition to any collection.
Period: The Twentieth Century
Reference: BG-13577-48

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

The American West on one sheet, "United States of North America (Western Sheet)" by Keith Johnston, color-printed and published in 1903 by W. & A.K. Johnston of Edinburgh and London. The title and scale bars are set at the lower left.

The map runs from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountain states. Washington and Oregon lie at the top left, with the long coast of California below them, and the Gulf of California and the northern part of the Mexican state of Sonora appear at the bottom. Inland the sheet shows Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, with Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico along the right edge. State boundaries are outlined in color, and the mountain ranges are drawn in hachures, with the Sierra Nevada and Cascades prominent on the left. Railroads, rivers, lakes such as the Great Salt Lake and Lake Tahoe, and counties are all lettered.

By 1903 every western territory except Arizona and New Mexico had been admitted as a state, and the map is a record of the West after the railroads had opened it and before those two states were admitted in 1912.

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