Railroad Map of Oklahoma [cover title]
by [Oklahoma]. [Railroads]
- Used
- Condition
- About very good.
- Seller
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Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
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About This Item
Des Moines: Kenyon Company, Inc, 1922. About very good.. Large folding map, color printed, 27 x 51.5 inches. Original printed wrappers. Minor wear to wraps. One separation along fold from top edge extending into map area. Light tanning. A scarce, attractive, and huge color map of the railroad system in Oklahoma during the early 1920s. The map depicts the paths of thirty-three steam and electric railroad lines across the state, with an inset legend listing each and containing illustrations of a gushing oil well and a passenger train with a group of customers gathered on the rear porch of the caboose. The lines of large steam railroad companies are delineated in various colors, with each stop identified, and the distances between each station marked. The map is also quite interesting for its inclusion of electric train lines, which were growing out of larger population centers such as Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Muskogee, and McAlester at this time. Several editions of the map, all scarce, were published in the late 1910s and 1920s at the behest of the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma that chart the growth of the state railroad system during that time. We locate four copies of the present work, at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Kentucky, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Newberry.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1310
- Title
- Railroad Map of Oklahoma [cover title]
- Author
- [Oklahoma]. [Railroads]
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kenyon Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Des Moines
- Date Published
- 1922
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About the Seller
McBride Rare Books
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Dobbs Ferry, New York
About McBride Rare Books
We specialize in American history, focusing on unique and eclectic materials such as archives, broadsides, vernacular photography, and interesting or unusual imprints. Particular fields of interest include Western Americana and Latin America.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...