Pennsylvania 1888 Antique Map – The Keystone State, Southeastern Railroads

Name: Pennsylvania 1888 Antique Map – The Keystone State, Southeastern Railroads
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-28
Price: 515 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1888
Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 36 × 52.5 cm (14.2 × 20.7 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition with even age toning and a clean plate mark visible. Original center fold as issued with only slight handling wear. Strong impression with excellent legibility throughout. Minor foxing present but no tears or major flaws.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Pennsylvania
Reference: BG-12794-28

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

Southeastern Pennsylvania in 1888, an original map by Rand, McNally & Co. printed in black on toned paper with railroad lines overprinted in red and blue. The running head "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Southeastern Pennsylvania" appears across the top between atlas page numbers 240 and 241.

The sheet covers the counties from Berks and Lancaster down to the Maryland line, with Philadelphia at the lower right, where the Delaware River and the lines of the railroads converge. Counties lettered across the plate include Berks, Bucks, Lancaster, York, Chester and Schuylkill, and the Susquehanna River winds across the left. The ridges of the Appalachians are drawn in hachures in the upper left. New Jersey (Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties) lies across the Delaware at the right, and Maryland and Delaware at the bottom.

The map shows the dense railroad network that radiated from Philadelphia through the farming counties and mining regions to the west, and links the port city to Harrisburg and the Susquehanna valley.

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