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TRAUBEL, M. R.
[Duluth, Minnesota] Map Illustrating the Position of Duluth in the United States...Map of the State of Minnesota...Map of the City of Duluth....
Philadelphia: M. R. Traubel's Lithographic Establishment, [ca. 1880]. Engraved wall map, with original outline colour, expertly restored, backed with modern linen, trimmed in maroon cloth, on contemporary rollers, with bright colour, in very good condition. Sheet size: 59 x 62 inches.
A quartet of impressive Minnesota maps, joined together in one large wall map, built around a central civic map of Duluth. The majority of space is dedicated to downtown Duluth, showing the area along the waterfront and two long piers that form the heart of the shipping district. The largest inset shows Duluth's geographic location in the upper United States as ideal for the transport of goods to the Midwest and beyond. The second largest offers a basic map of the state of Minnesota. The third inset shows twenty-three miles of railroad along the Lake Superior & Mississippi & Northern Pacific, connecting Duluth with important stone quarries in Thomson. Commissioned by the Western Land Association as a promotional tool, the maps offer the prospective investor an ideal vision of the smooth shipment of goods from east to west along the developed lines of the Lake Superior & Mississippi & Northern Pacific railway. A prime Minnesota item. Rare. Not in Rumsey nor on OCLC.
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#4888 $8,500.00 
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© 2002-2005 Donald A. Heald
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