Tourist Map of Union Pacific and Connecting Lines
- Title:
- Tourist Map of Union Pacific and Connecting Lines
- Alternate Title:
- Tourist Map of Union Pacific and Connecting Lines
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Passenger Department, Union Pacific Railway
- Date:
- 1888
- Date 2:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2342.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2342_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1870 - 1899
- Subject:
- Advertising & Promotion
Pictorial
Railroads - Measurement:
- 19 x 59 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- In the late 1880s, the Union Pacific Railway published a series of promotional pamphlets aimed at attracting tourist passengers to locations along its routes. Each pamphlet included extensive text about the area, black and white photos, and slightly differing versions of the same folding color map of the Railway’s western routes.
This map was included in a publication about Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The 40-page pamphlet begins with a listing of the Railway’s agents across the country, from Baltimore and Boston to Salt Lake City and San Francisco, followed by information on rates and meals. These are followed by detailed descriptions of railroad and steamer excursions in each of the three areas, with specific sites, facts and “legends” spelled out at length and a number of photos.
The map is dense with illustrations of specific highlights throughout the west, including Castle Rock, Crater Lake, Mt. Hood, Shoshone Falls and the geyser at Yellowstone. And there are also a number of generic western illustrations: Mining, Fishing, Cattle Ranch, Plowing Scene, Harvesting Scene and Corn Field. At the foot of the map is a chart of elevations along the Union Pacific’s Routes.
Union Pacific issued versions of this pamphlet (including the folding map) for different groups of states, including “Sights and Scenes in Idaho and Montana for Tourists” (32 pp.); “Sights and Scenes in Utah for Tourists” (48 pp.); and “California - Sights and Scenes for the Tourist” (38 pp.). The collection includes the most comprehensive of these pamphlets, “A Description of the Western Resorts for Health and Pleasure reached via Union Pacific Railway” (68 pp., 1888), ID #2306.
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 - Source:
- Passenger Department, Union Pacific Railway. 1888. Sights and Scenes in Oregon, Washington and Alaska for Tourists. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co.
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.