Map of Illinois

Art Source International is excited to offer this exceptional map from a book of railroad maps of the western United States that was the personal copy of a pass. traffic manager in the late 1900’s. The maps have a canvas backing and well aged, lithographed color. Abundant railroad related details include train routes in black with major routes in red, the names of counties and important cities, and identification of station stops. Illinois is illustrated on this map with an inset showing the plan of Chicago and a list of local depots. These extremely rare maps were made by the Matthews-Northup Co. Of Buffalo, New York, circa 1890 and owned by W. F. White. Their rarity and detail make these maps of great collectible value to railroad historians or collectors of documents from this important period in America’s development.

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