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Title: Official map of the Union Pacific Railway, through Kansas & Nebraska and from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon & California Author: Rand, McNally & Co. Place: Chicago Publisher: Date: 1883 Description: Color lithographed map. With printed text and railroad schedules on the reverse. 40x110 cm. (15¾x43¼"), folding to 22.5x12 cm. (9x4¾"). Nearly all of the United States, excepting the northern and southern extremities, with the routes of the Union Pacific and its affiliates boldly show, but all the other railroads as well. Half of the verso is taken up with schedules, and the other half with descriptions of the land crossed and its prospects. OCLC/WorldCat lists only two examples of the 1883 issue, at the Kansas State Historical Society and Harvard University. Lot Amendments Condition: A number of tape repairs on the verso, still very good overall. Item number: 211787