Map of the Erie Railway with its connections, 1870
Description
Image of a map of the routes of the Erie Railway through a portion of the Midwestern and Eastern United States; some routes hand-colored blue or red; printed references in lower right corner of distances from New York to 40 cities.
Image of a map of a portion of the Midwest and Eastern United States showing the routes and connecting lines of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway with two smaller images in the lower left corner captioned, "View of East End of the Great Union Depot, Cleveland, O." and "Front view of Great Chicago Depot, where Passengers arrive and depart in the heart of the city." ; map verso contains panels with printed railroad timetables and promotional descriptions, a vignette of a passenger car labeled "Sleeping Odell Coach" and a map of the railroad routes between Pittsburgh and Lake Erie titled "Map of route between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh ..."; fold-up map covers contain two vignettes captioned "The mail carrier of 100 years ago" and "The Flight of the Fast mail" and a vignette of passing locomotives.
Image of a map of the Midwestern and Eastern United States showing the railroad routes of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and connecting lines; map verso contains fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions, and timetables.
Image of a map of the routes and connecting lines of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway showing portions of the Midwestern and Eastern United States; three vignettes to the left of the map labeled “Chautauqua Views” and consisting of a landscape with a train in the foreground labeled “Hill of Chautauqua,” the “Grant Hotel, Pt. Chautauqua,” and “St. Paul’s Grove and Hall of Philosophy” showing a Greek-style amphitheater behind trees; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers with vignettes of steam locomotives, railroad timetables, promotional descriptions, and a map of a railroad route between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Lake Erie.
Image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern and Eastern United States showing the routes of the Toledo, Wabash, and Western Railway and connecting lines, centered with promotional text; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, promotional text, and timetables.
Image of a wood engraved map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad routes of the Chicago & North-Western Railway and connecting lines from Chicago, Illinois, westward, with promotional descriptions and timetables; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, additional timetables, and promotional text, with a vignette of a side elevation of a Pullman drawing room and sleeping car.
Image of a map of a portion of the Eastern and Midwestern United States from as far west as Omaha, Nebraska, to the Atlantic Ocean, showing the railroad routes of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and connecting lines, with a vignette of the seal of New York with the banner "Excelsior" above the map title; map verso contains fold-up map cover with a vignette of a passenger train car labeled "Wagners Palace Drawing Room Car" and panels with promotional descriptions and timetables.
