New / Railroad / And / Reference / Map / Published Expressly For / The Adamson Co. / Patent Agents / Of / Muncie, Indiana / Showing Location Of / The Central Office / Branch Offices And State Agents / Also The Four Grand Systematic Divisions / Of The / United States / As Operated By / The Adamson Co. / In The / Sale Of Patents

(Map / US / 1889)

Published by Rand McNally; Chicago; pp.; ; Good; 1889/nd, 1889

About this Item

_____. _____ Single sheet, 22 x 32", printed on one side and folded to 16ths._____ A 5" tear has been archivally repaired on the rear._____ Misfolded in the past with resultant fraying. _____ The basis is a full color Rand McNally's Handy Railroad Map of the U.S._____ It has been overprinted in red to define the company's geographic districts and locate cities with company agents. _____ ._____There is surprisingly little on-line about the patent business of The Adamson Co._____other than it was founded by Charles E. Adamson in Muncie, Indiana in 1883._____ It was quite successful eventually expanding to offices in every state._____.

Seller Inventory # P-02504

Bibliographic Details

• Title: New / Railroad / And / Reference / Map / Published Expressly For / The Adamson Co. / Patent Agents / Of / Muncie, Indiana / Showing Location Of / The Central Office / Branch Offices And State Agents / Also The Four Grand Systematic Divisions / Of The / United States / As Operated By / The Adamson Co. / In The / Sale Of Patents
• Publisher: Rand McNally; Chicago; pp.; ; Good; 1889/nd
• Publication Date: 1889
• Binding: No Binding
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • .EPHEMERA
  • .Americana
  • .Maps