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Auction 185, Lot 194

"Map Showing the Line of the Norfolk and Western and Shenandoah Valley Railroads and Their Connection with the Virginia, Tennessee & Georgia Air Line", Colton, G.W. & C.B.

Subject: Eastern United States

Period: 1881 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
25.6 x 19.1 inches
65 x 48.5 cm
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This detailed map of the eastern United States shows the extensive railroad network. The tracks of the Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line are highlighted in red, with the Louisville and Nashville system in blue. Concentric circles are drawn showing the distance from various points to Roanoke, Va, with a table of distances at bottom.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with a number of small fold separations along the sheet edges that have been closed on verso with archival tape. There are light dampstains primarily at lower left and top right.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $150

Closed on 11/17/2021

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