1888 Antique Map of Oregon – Railroads, Counties & Native Indian Reservations
€ 480
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1888
Sheet size
36 × 52.5 cm (14.2 × 20.7 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12794-61
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Condition summary: Good condition with only minor age-related toning. Some faint foxing and handling marks in the margins, but no major tears or repairs. Paper remains strong, with a clear plate impression and excellent readability.
About this sheet
Oregon in 1888, an original atlas map from Rand, McNally & Co.'s Improved Indexed Business Atlas and Shippers Guide, with the lettering "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Oregon" along the top margin and page numbers 552 and 553 in the upper corners.
The state is shown with its counties, including Multnomah, Marion, Lane, Jackson, Umatilla, Baker and Wasco, each marked by name across the sheet, and with the Pacific Ocean along the left edge. Railroads are traced in red and blue, among them the line south from Portland through the Willamette Valley and the line of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company following the Columbia River east toward Idaho. Two Native American reservations are lettered on the sheet: the Warm Spring Indian Reservation and the Klamath Indian Reservation. The Cascade range, the Columbia River and Crater Lake are shown, and the towns include Portland, Salem, Astoria, Eugene, Albany and The Dalles.
Oregon had been a state since 1859, and the map shows it in the 1880s, when the railroads were opening its farming country and tying it to the rest of the nation.
