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Auction 175, Lot 177

"Yosemite National Park Showing Boundaries Established by Act of Congress Approved June 11, 1906 and Lands Eliminated Therefrom and Placed in the Sierra Forest Reservation", U.S. Government

Subject: Yosemite, California

Period: 1906 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
27.2 x 24.7 inches
69.1 x 62.7 cm
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This colorful map illustrates the new boundaries of Yosemite National Park with the incorporation of the Yosemite Grant near the middle of the park and the Big Tree Grant at bottom. It contains considerable detail on a scale of 2 miles to the inch. A legend provides an explanation of symbols including existing and suggested trails, roads, and patrol stations.

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Condition: A

Issued folding on a clean sheet with some faint color offsetting at top.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $220

Closed on 11/13/2019

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