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Along the Sunset Route. Map of The Southern Pacific Company and Connections 1891.
- Title:
- Along the Sunset Route. Map of The Southern Pacific Company and Connections 1891.
- Alternate Title:
- Map of The Southern Pacific Company and Connections
- Collection:
- Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- H. S. Crocker Company
- Date:
- 1891
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2102.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_2102_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1870 - 1899
- Subject:
- Advertising & Promotion
Pictorial
Unusual Projection
Railroads
- Measurement:
- 24 x 58 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- A promotional map for the Southern Pacific Railroad, featuring illustrations of sights along its "Sunset Route," with supporting text. Note that the pictorial overlay obscures all of the United States north of Chicago - and therefore the route of Southern's competitor, the Northern Pacific Railway, completed in 1883.
"Competing railroad companies have long embraced the power of a map to 'emphasize' their lines over others that may be available . . . by artistically leaving out competitors' routes or stations." Ovenden 2011, 40. For other examples of promotional rail maps configured so as to obscure a competitor's route, see ID #1219, The Triangle Tour of British Columbia (1927) and ID #1218, The Canadian Rockies (1929).
For other promotional railroad maps, including some using deceptive techniques, see Subject > Railroads.
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.
