Oregon washington map (6 Ergebnisse)

15¼" X 21 3/4" (image 14½" X 20"). Hand colored. Near fine. A handsome large example of this atlas map.

Soft cover. Very good, among the best we've encountered for newsprint. Light wear along original fold lines. Closed margin tears professionally repaired on verso. Text on verso. Size 29.25 x 20 Inches. This is a 1936 John Hix Strange as it Seems pictorial map of Washington and Oregon. The image captures a wealth of fascinating facts about Washington and Oregon by the primary competitor of 'Ripley's Believe it or Not! A Closer Look Short texts provide facts about cities, towns, national parks, and other locations throughout Washington and Oregon. In Washington, white areas mark Mount Olympus National Park and Mount Rainier National Park. Vignettes highlight the tulip fields of Whatcom County, the apple trees of the Yakima and Wenatchee Valleys, and the tree near Chehalis that grew around an old rifle. Vignettes in Oregon illustrate Mount Hood, Oregon's logging industry, the wild horses of the Guano Valley, and the Owyhee Dam. A dashed line and a covered wagon highlight the Oregon Trail, with a tablet in Capital Park, Olympia, Washington, marking the western terminus. Strange as it Seems John Hix created Strange as it Seems in 1927. It was a comic strip detailing outlandish facts akin to Ripley's Believe it or Not! . In contrast that competing publication, Hix insisted that his facts be verified by at least three sources. In each cartoon, he included the prompt, 'If you doubt this, write for proof to the author'. Several paragraphs of explanation usually accompanied the comics. In December 1927, Hix signed with the McClure Newspaper Syndicate, making him, at 20, the country's youngest nationally syndicated artist. Strange as it Seems debuted on March 28, 1928 in 50 newspapers. It consisted of a single panel featuring illustrations of unusual events, people, and places. The comic expanded to a full-page full-color edition in Sunday newspapers in February 1930, when syndication grew to 80 newspapers. In 1930, Ernest Hix (1902 - 1948), John's brother, became the comic's business manager, franchising the brand into movie shorts produced by Universal Studios - a move to compete with Ripley's , which began producing shorts through Paramount earlier in 1930. The Strange as it Seems shorts were screened at over 6,000 theaters nationwide. A hardback edition of the cartoons was published in 1931 and Strange as it Seems was syndicated in over 150 newspapers by May 1932. It also began appearing in newspapers in China, England, and Japan. The cartoons made it onto the radio in the spring of 1935, when Hix translated them into 15-minute programs. This became a 30-minute program in September 1939, and aired on CBS for 72 weeks. Ripley's Believe it or Not! opened an exhibit at the California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego in May 1935, but their exhibit was deemed 'too gruesome'. Hix and Strange as it Seems were contacted by the organizers to take Ripley's place for the 1936 season. For the 1939 New York World's Fair, Hix and his brother opened a similar exhibit, outmaneuvering Ripley's . At its height, Strange as it Seems was syndicated in over 1,300 newspapers. Hix worked with the Office of Emergency Management during World War II (1939 - 1945), incorporating 70 ideas into Strange as it Seems comics to help the war effort. John Hix died on June 6, 1944. Following his death, his brother Ernest took over the business until he died in a private plane crash on September 18, 1948. After Ernest's death, his wife Elsie Elizabeth (Huber) Hix ran the business and wrote the comic strip until 1963, when she handed the business over to her son Ernest Harmon Hix Jr., who produced the comic with his wife Phyllis until it ended in 1970. Publication History and Census This map was created by John Hix and published in the July 1936 issue of the Gilmore Cub , a short magazine published by the Gilmore Oil Company. This is the only known cataloged example. Signed by Author(s).…

Very Good. Wear and verso reinforcement along original centerfold. Text on verso. Some foxing and overall toning. Size 17 x 24 Inches. This is a magnificent 1865 hand colored map of Washington, Oregon and Minnesota. One of the more interesting Johnson maps, this edition beautifully depicts railroads, wagon toads, Indian tribes, springs and fords, as well as the usual geographical and political features. Map is dated and copyrighted 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1865 by A. J. Johnson in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States of the Southern District of New York.…

Very good condition. Light overall toning. Size 15.5 x 12 Inches. This is Walling and Grey's 1872 map of Washington and Oregon. Shows both the state of Oregon and the territory of Washington in full with vivid hand coloring at the county level. Show various American Indian Nation throughout.

Excellent. Size 11.5 x 14 Inches. This is an 1862 Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Jr. map of the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, Oregon, and what, within a year, would become Idaho Territory. A Closer Look Coverage embraces from the Pacific Ocean to South Pass and from Canada to California and Utah - the Oregon Trail winds from South Pass northwest roughly along the Snake River to Walla Walla, Washington. Cities, towns, and other settlements are labeled throughout the region, including Olympia and Seattle, Washington, and Salem, Oregon. Counties are labeled and shaded, with the western third of Oregon labeled simply as 'unexplored'. The Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers are labeled, as are numerous smaller rivers. The Rocky Mountains cut diagonally through what would become Idaho Territory within a year. Plate no. 40. Publication History and Census This map was prepared by S. A. Mitchell Jr. for inclusion in the 1862 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas . This plate remained in publication with amendments until 1867, after which point it was replaced by a new map. Like many American map publishers of this period, Mitchell did not regularly update his copyrights; consequently, this map is dated and copyrighted to 1860: 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.' The 1862 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas is well represented in institutional collections. References: Rumsey 0565.026.…

Very good. Light wear along original fold lines. Verso repairs at fold intersections. Size 25 x 22.25 Inches. This is an 1898 Poole Brothers map of Washington and Oregon issued to promote Oregon emigration, land sales, and railroad travel. The map was published on behalf of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company and the Southern Pacific Railroad. Encouraging Emigration Black lines trace the rail networks with white dots marking stops. Thinner lines illustrate the routes of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railroad in Washington. Perhaps to entice visitors (and more likely hopeful settlers) from San Francisco, a thick dashed line highlights the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company's steamship route from Portland to San Francisco. The Portland and Asiatic Steamship Company's route to China and Japan is noted as well, underscoring Portland as a city with connections, another attractive point for possible newcomers. Slogans along the top and bottom promote the region's natural wealth and the opportunities it presents. The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company operated from 1896 until 1910, when control was fully transferred to Union Pacific. The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company's direct predecessor, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (ORN) was incorporated on June 13, 1879, by Henry Villard and could trace its lineage to 1860. It operated steamboats on the Columbia, Willamette, and Snake Rivers as well. Villard, who also owned the Oregon and California Railroad, jealously guarded the ORN's operating monopoly in Oregon and worked hard to keep both the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific out of Oregon. He even managed to gain a controlling stake in Northern Pacific in 1881. The ORN operated the only transcontinental route to Portland and concluded a deal with Union Pacific to operate as their connection in Oregon in 1884. Villard was ousted as president of the ORN in late 1883, which soon led to Northern Pacific and Union Pacific 'encroaching' on the ORN's territory in Oregon. This led to ORN leasing its operation to Union Pacific in 1887. Union Pacific went bankrupt in 1893, as did the ORN and Union Pacific's subsidiary in Oregon the Oregon Short Line. This ended Union Pacific's lease of the ORN and also forced the ORN to reorganize as the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company in 1896. Publication History and Census This map was created by the Poole Brothers and issued by the passenger departments of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company and the Southern Pacific Company in 1898. We note two cataloged examples of the 1898 edition, one at the New York Public Library and another with Washington State University. It is scarce on the private market. The presently offered 1898 edition is not cataloged in OCLC, but a single example of the 1904 example does appear in that database. References: New York Public Library Map Div. 17-5113. Washington State University sc001 2.1 1906.…