California nevada map (9 risultati)

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. Large coloured folding map with glossy cover, plus small booklet on Cities and National Parks (31pp), in very good condition, Hallwag, circa 2011.

Hardcover. Good. Light soiling. Light wear along original fold lines. Closed edge tear professionally repaired on verso. Crease to upper right corner. Size 17.25 x 22 Inches. This is a c. 1950 George Mathis pictorial map of Nevada City, California. Formerly a Gold Rush boom town, the Nevada City of today is a magnet for outdoor enthusiasts. A Closer Look The map is centered on Nevada City. The region's outdoor recreation camps are prominently labeled, including two Girl Scout camps. Rivers, lakes, and creeks appear a bright blue, underscoring the abundant fishing opportunities. Lake Tahoe appears in the upper right corner. Fishermen appear alongside hunters (one of whom is being chased by a bear), golfers, and vacationers. References to the area's mining past appear in the form of a mining cart and prospector along the bottom edge, several abandoned mining shafts, and a runaway stagecoach on the right. Advertisements for local businesses frame the map on the left side and bottom. Publication History and Census This map was drawn by George Mathis and published by the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce c. 1950. It is dated based on Mathis's signature along the right border, which states that he lives in Nevada City. Mathis did not move to Nevada City until 1948, making 1950 the earliest likely publication date. We note a single example cataloged in OCLC, located at the California Historical Society. Scarce to the market. References: OCLC 1009086589.…

Very good. Exhibits light wear along original fold lines. Text on verso. Size 8.875 x 15.5 Inches. This is a c. 1953 Utah Bank Note Company map of California, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah promoting the western portions of Highway 6 and Highway 50. Pictorial vignettes highlight sites along the highways, including Death Valley, Arches National Monument, Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Royal Gorge. Other vignettes reinforce stereotypical ideas of the American West, including cattle, cowboys and rodeos, striking it rich while mining, and gambling. Black lines trace the routes of the two highways from Denver and Pueblo, Colorado, to San Francisco and Long Beach, California. Large black dots mark cities and towns that can act as waypoints during a vacationer's trip through the region. Photographs of incredible scenery, tourist sites, and the region's successful mining industry appear above and below the central map. U.S. Route 6 U.S. Route 6 is a U.S. highway that currently connects Provincetown, Massachusetts with Bishop, California. Also known as the Grand Army of the Republic Highway in honor of the American Civil War veterans association, U.S. 6 was the longest highway in the country from 1936 until 1964, when it ended at Long Beach, California. California renumbered its highways in 1964, which changed U.S. 6's route, and caused it to become shorter than U.S. 20, demoting U.S. 6 to the second longest highway in the country. According to American historian George R. Stewart, 'Route 6 runs uncertainly from nowhere to nowhere, scarcely to be followed from one end to the other, except by some devoted eccentric.' Publication History and Census This map was created and published by the Utah Bank Note Company c. 1953. This piece is not cataloged in OCLC and we have found a single reference to a cataloged example, which appears to be part of the collection at the Lebanon-Leclade County Library in Lebanon, Missouri.…

Very good. Some toning and wear to right edge. Size 9 x 12.5 Inches. This is a 1954 Travelmats Corporation of America pictorial 'Travel mat' illustrating stops along U.S. Route 40 - 'The Main Street of America' - on a stretch spanning four states from San Francisco, California, to Denver, Colorado. Route 40 was one of the first US Highways, having been created in 1926; it once spanned the continent, from San Francisco to Atlantic City. A Closer Look The map covers route 40 - exclusively - noting the distances between important waypoints as it passes from California to Nevada to Utah, and into Colorado. It identifies towns, restaurants, parks, hotels, and motels, along with suggesting interesting stopping points. Some locations feature short descriptions and summaries of services available. Specific attractions along the way are illustrated - the continental divide, the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, and Bing Crosby's ranch in Elko, Nevada. The Donner Monument in Truckee is pictured (the featured dining establishment there, the Donner Lake Lodge, touts an unsurpassed view of Donner Lake, offers reservations, and boasts 'the finest food served in cheerful, quiet surroundings'. There is no reference to special rates for parties. The Bygone Main Street of America U.S. Route 40 had been built upon earlier routes - along the pictured sections, it ran along what had been known as the Victory Highway, created in 1921 and dedicated to American forces who died in World War I. Today, route 40's western terminus is just short of Salt Lake City, where it joins Interstate 80 at Silver Summit. Travelmats Corporation of America The Travelmats Corporation of America (1948 - c. 1972) was an American advertising and publishing company based in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin founded by J. Alvin Dru'yor. Travelmats manufactured place mats of well-traveled highways and distributed them to restaurants, motels, hotels, and other places frequented by tourists across the United States. The company began publishing its 'Adventures in Travel' guidebook, or 'map-book' in 1948. In 1963, Dru'yor stated that businesses nominated for their guidebook should have a parking lot, good food, be modern and clean, and give the traveler outstanding value and service. By 1965, the company, which was started as an offshoot of a weekly newspaper in Prairie du Chien, grew to nearly 4,000 subscribers and was the second largest company in the United States that provided tourist information. Travelmat's ultimate fate is unclear, but it is known that Dru'yor retired in 1972. Publication History and Census Not all Travelmats were clearly dated; happily, this one bears a 1954 copyright. We see no other examples of this on the market, and there are no examples of this specific Travel Mat listed in OCLC. The Newberry Library has an impressive collection of Travel Mats, but this span of Hi-Way 40 is not among them. …

Very good. Exhibits slight wear along original fold lines. Map of Death Valley and index on verso. Size 32.5 x 21.75 Inches. This is a c. 1933 Automobile Club of Southern California map of southern California and southwestern Nevada. Depicting the region from Tonopah, Nevada to Baja California and from the Sequoia National Park to Arizona and Utah, the region's major highways snake their way across the barren landscape. Cities and towns are labeled throughout, along with rivers and lakes. Its many mountain ranges are illustrated artistically and identified, but elevations are not indicated. Red and blue manuscript notations, which appear to be drawn in crayon, trace what are presumably road trip itineraries, but that is unclear. Perhaps this particular map was used to keep a child entertained while their parents explored the area during two separate trips. Publication History and Census This map was created for and published by the Automobile Club of Southern California c. 1933. As this map is undated, and was published in multiple editions, it is difficult to know exactly when this map was published. The University of Nevada Las Vegas catalogs an edition of this map dating to the early 1930s, while other institutions, including Cornell University, the University of Chicago, the Colorado School of Mines, and the University of Arizona, catalog their examples as dating from the early 1940s. References: OCLC 60693909 (1942).…

Very good. A few archival verso mends. Size 22 x 16.75 Inches. A very attractive 1947 Edward R. Smith map of Lake Tahoe. A Closer Look Coverage embraces all of Lake Tahoe as well as Fallen Leaf Lake to the south and the surrounding mountains. Unlike most commercially issued maps of Lake Tahoe, it includes depth soundings and navigation notes, making it useful for boaters and fishermen. On the verso there is a detailed discussion of the geological comportment and history of Tahoe. Publication History and Census This map was issued by Edward R. Smith in consultation with A. C. Hammon and George Mathis. It was printed in 1947 by the Oakland-based Creative Lithograph company. Appears from time to time on the market, but originals are increasingly scarce. We note six examples in OCLC. References: OCLC 24551883. Rumsey 8391.000.…

Very good. Even overall toning. Closed margin tear professionally repaired on verso. Size 24 x 18 Inches. This is a c. 1931 Robert C. Cormack pictorial map of the 'mother lodes' in California and Nevada from the 'Romantic Days of Gold'. It embraces not only the 'Mother Lode Belt' in the Sacramento Valley, but also the Comstock Lode around Virginia City, Nevada, and recreational wonders such as Lake Tahoe, Giant Sequoias, and Yosemite. The map is a product of the Golden Age of Pictorial Maps, a global phenomenon that began in the late 1910s in Europe, but by the 1920s-30s developed several regional styles, including, as here, the 'Jo Mora' California style. A Closer Look Coverage extends from Chico to Merced and from Stockton and Sacramento to Virginia City. Regional landmarks are identified, including Sutter's Mill, where a 1848 gold discovery launched the California Gold Rush. Towns, villages, and mining camps are populated by comically illustrated miners and their families. Cormack does not restrict his caricatures to humans. Horses, bulls, and bears also exhibit comical expressions. Regional legends, such as the three men hanged at Hangtown (also known as Placerville) and Donner Pass are also labeled. Cormack also includes a covered wagon emblazoned with the phrase 'California or bust'. Natural Wonders Yosemite Valley is illustrated on the lower right and both Yosemite Falls and El Capitan are labeled. The region's 'big trees' are also identified, including the giant sequoias at the modern-day Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Toulomne Grove of Giant Sequoias, and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. Lake Tahoe appears to the right of center along the California-Nevada border. The California Gold Rush The discovery of Gold at John Sutter's mill by James Wilson Marshall in January of 1848 was one of the most definitive moments in American history. Coming at the end of the Mexican-American War, the timing of the discover could not have been more propitious. The combination of new seemly unlimited territory and the lure of gold lead to a literal stampede of adventurers, prospectors, merchants, and homesteaders ready to take their chance for a new prosperous life on the frontier. Moreover, the Gold Rush was not limited to Americans crossing the Great Plains. European, Australian, and even Chinese immigrants rushed into California hungry for their part of the great strike. This Great Migration of peoples transformed the United States in the span of just a few years from a former colony into an expansive transcontinental nation on the cusp of becoming a world power. The California Mother Lode The 'Mother Lode' is a long alignment of hard-rock gold deposits stretching northwest-southeast in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. It was discovered early in the California Gold Rush when placer deposits in streams led prospectors to search for the source or 'mother'. The source was a zone some 1 to 4 miles wide and 120 miles long between Georgetown on the north and Mormon Bar on the South. Once placer deposits were exhausted, miners turned to the mother lode, digging deep mines all along the corridor. During the years following the California Gold Rush, the Mother Lode was one of the most productive gold-producing districts in the world. Individual gold deposits within the Mother Lode include gold-bearing quartz veins up to 50 feet thick and thousands of feet in length. The Comstock Lode The Comstock Lode was a massive silver ore discovery under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, in the Virginia Range in Nevada. Named after the miner, Henry Comstock, the Comstock Lode was the first major silver mine in the United States. Mount Davidson had deposits of both gold and silver and was mined for gold from about 1850. History credits Ethan and Hosea Grosh with the discovery of the mountain's extraordinary silver deposits - the Comstock Lode - in 1857. Although they discovered the Comstock Lode, neither Grosh brother profited from the c.…

1st Edition. Very good. Sporadic foxing and other imperfections, especially in the margins. Size 20.75 x 30 Inches. This is an 1868 edition of Charles Hoffmann and James Gardiner's detailed map of Yosemite Valley, California, and its surroundings, considered one of the earliest obtainable maps of that region. This map represents early government efforts under Frederick Law Olmsted and Josiah Dwight Whitney to map Yosemite as America's first reserved parkland. It offers superb detail, noting El Capitan, Cathedral Peak, Yosemite Fall(s), Half Dome, the Merced and San Joaquin Rivers, Lake Eleanor, a portion of Mono Lake, and much more. Surveying Yosemite The Yosemite Grant passed Congress on June 30, 1864, after which it was promptly signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. This was the first instance of land being set aside expressly for preservation and public use by the U.S. federal government, which set a precedent for the 1872 creation of Yellowstone. The grant created an urgent need for a survey of the ceded lands before winter set in. Two young graduates from Yale's Scientific School, Clarence King and James Terry Gardiner, were assigned to the task. Through a government effort, Frederick Law Olmsted, famed designer of New York City's Central Park, paid for the King-Gardner survey. As the nation's premier park expert, Olmsted was harnessed by the Lincoln administration to draft a charter and plan for Yosemite. Eager to get some sort of map of the valley, Olmsted used personal finances to complete the survey before winter - with the expectation that the state would later reimburse him (they did). The initial survey was basic and offered only a loose sketch encompassing Yosemite Valley's shape and proportions. Little detail was included of the valley floor, but the cliffs were well mapped with hachure. In 1867, Charles F. Hoffman led a second survey expedition that included King and Gardiner to fully survey the valley floor. Publication History and Census The map was printed in New York by Julius Bien in 1868 for the first edition of Josiah Dwight Whitney's 1869 Geological Survey of California Yosemite Guide-Book . It exists in several states, which can be distinguished according to the inclusion, removal, or renaming of features. For example, 'Milk Ranch' and 'McLane's Pass' are renamed 'Mill Ranch' and 'Mono Pass,' respectively, in later states. This example does include Hite's Cove at the confluence of the Merced River and Devil's Gulch, though in a different location and without an adjoining road included in later states, suggesting that this is an early successor to the first state of the map (Rumsey 4212.019). The various states of this map are well represented in institutional collections (sometimes cataloged as 1867) but scarce to the market. It is closely related to a second map that accompanied the Yosemite Guide-Book by Gardiner and Clarence King (YosemiteValley-gardner-1870). References: OCLC 900664465. Signed by Author(s).…

Good. Edge trimmed closely and unevenly. Size 31.75 x 23.75 Inches. A striking mid-century 1962 Kleng Rude pictorial map of California and Nevada. It provides a snapshot of the post-World War II (1939 - 1945) California population boom and its cultural impact. A Closer Look California and Nevada are depicted in vivid color and rich detail, complete with mountains, waterways, deserts, and forests, including State and National Parks. Many illustrations portray the history, economy, wildlife, transportation, leisure activities, and more; these extend from the desert to the mountains and coast and into the Pacific. Especially noticeable is the demarcation of the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range, complete with a mushroom cloud, referring to nuclear weapons testing. Highways are labeled throughout, including the recently designated Interstate-10, running through Arizona to Los Angeles, and Interstate-80, passing through Reno and Lake Tahoe towards San Francisco. The planned route of Interstate-5, which had only recently begun construction through the Central Valley, is marked with a dotted line. A banner at the top discusses important events in Nevada's history, while a box at the top-right provides information on its geography, terrain, and economy. A similar banner and box for California appear at bottom and bottom-left, respectively. Cadillac Desert The feverish highway construction of the 1950s and 1960s reflected here was the result of an intersection between two major developments: booming population growth in the Western U.S. and the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. The populations of California and Nevada nearly tripled between 1940 and 1960, primarily because of the influence of the U.S. military. Conscripts from throughout the country traveled through California during World War II and liked what they saw. After the war, programs to help veterans gain an education and buy property coincided with the abundance of land and a degree of preexisting infrastructure. The remote deserts of Nevada became home to military sites that were important in the latter stages of World War II and the early Cold War, including nuclear weapons testing sites. The rise of Las Vegas as America's 'Sin City,' along with easier access to the Lake Tahoe - Reno region, also boosted the state's economy and national profile. Publication History and Census This pictorial map was published in 1962 by Kleng Rude Studios in Long Beach, California. It is only noted among the holdings of the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, California State University, Northridge, and the University of Arizona. Scarce to the market. References: Rumsey 8547.000. OCLC 953572671, 137364033.…