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Canadian Pacific railway and steamships span the World : bridging two oceans and linking four continents

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The map is within a printed frame, the title is printed above and below this frame; in the left corner above the frame is an image of the Spirit of the Pacific and in the right corner is an image of the Spirit of the Atlantic, sculptures by Isidore Konti from the 1904 World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition) which marked the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. "Copyright, 1923, in Canada and the United States by the Candian Pacific Railway / Engraved and printed at the Matthews-Northrup Works, Buffalo, N.Y."--text, small type, lower left corner of the map. Poster backed by linen and is tacked onto two wood dowels; meant to hang as a wall map. "C.P.R. World Map"--on verso, in ms., in pencil.
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Date
c1923
Call number
priJHK 00115
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