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Auction 188, Lot 124

"Map Showing Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States", U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Subject: United States

Period: 1897 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
33.3 x 21.2 inches
84.6 x 53.8 cm
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This large map of the United States focuses on the many Indian Reservations in the United States as of 1897. The reservations are named and shown in orange overprinting. The map also shows military stations, towns and villages, railroads, Indian agencies, and schools with a key at lower left. Includes insets of Alaska and reservations in California and Indian Territory at bottom. Compiled under the direction of W.A. Jones, Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

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Condition: A

A clean and bright example. Issued folding and now flattened and backed with tissue.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 6/22/2022

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