Jun 03, 2021 - Sale 2571

Sale 2571 - Lot 61

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(NEW MEXICO.) Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Map of New Mexico, 1887, Issued by the Santa Fe Route. Large color-printed lithographed map of New Mexico. 23x21 1/2 inches overall, folding into verso-printed promotional self-wrappers; fold separations closed with tape, a few small losses. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1887

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Printed in various shades of green indicating the limits of the Atlantic & Pacific R.R. land grant, public lands open for settlement, government lands, military forts, Indian reservations, and Spanish grants. Verso comprises 18 promotional panels outlining regional advantages to potential late-19th-century settlers in New Mexico including particulars of land-acquiring opportunities and costs, climate, agriculture, horticulture, mineral resources, and public schools.