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1910 Walker and Union News Bird's Eye View Map of the New England Coast

BostonMaineNB-walker-1910
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Bird's Eye Map Boston to St. John, N.B. Showing Steamboat Routes and Points of Interest. - Main View
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1910 Walker and Union News Bird's Eye View Map of the New England Coast

BostonMaineNB-walker-1910

Steamship from Boston north along the New England coast!

Title


Bird's Eye Map Boston to St. John, N.B. Showing Steamboat Routes and Points of Interest.
  1910 (undated)     13.5 x 19.75 in (34.29 x 50.165 cm)

Description


This is the c. 1910 George Walker and Union News chromolithograph bird's-eye view map of the New England coast of the United States and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. Cities are labeled and steamship lines from Boston emphasize travel possibilities from that city. Such views were sold as novelties both at newsstands in ferry and train terminals and onboard those respective vessels.
A Closer Look
With Boston and Cape Cod in the foreground, this view includes all of New England and some of the Maritime Provinces, including New Brunswick. Boston, Plymouth, and Cape Cod are recognizable. Providence, Rhode Island; Hartford, Connecticut; and Springfield and Worcester in Massachusetts are also labeled. Six steamship lines leave Boston connecting to Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Farther up the coast, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Portland, Augusta, and Bangor, Maine are identified. Inland, the view is filled with lakes and rivers, with Lake Champlain appearing along the left border and Moosehead Lake, Maine, in the background near the top. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, occupies the upper right background.
Chromolithography
Chromolithography, sometimes called oleography, is a color lithographic technique developed in the mid-19th century. The process involved using multiple lithographic stones, one for each color, to yield a rich composite effect. Oftentimes, the process would start with a black basecoat upon which subsequent colors were layered. Some chromolithographs used 30 or more separate lithographic stones to achieve the desired product. Chromolithograph color could also be effectively blended for even more dramatic results. The process became extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when it emerged as the dominant method of color printing. The vivid color chromolithography produced made it exceptionally effective for advertising and propaganda imagery.
Publication History and Census
This map was created by George Walker and Company and published by Union News c. 1910. It is not cataloged in OCLC, and the only other cataloged example is one that we acquired and sold over ten years ago.

CartographerS


George Hiram Walker (January 4, 1852 - November 14, 1927) was a Boston based publisher of books, views, and maps active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Springfield, Vermont, Walker started his life as a dry goods merchant but developed an active interest in publishing during the early 1870s. Walker began publishing in 1878 when he partnered with an unknown New York Firm. Two years later, Walker brought the operation in house by partnering with his brother, Oscar W. Walker, in the opening of a lithography studio at 81 Milk Street, Boston. Shortly thereafter the firm expanded to new offices at 160 Tremont Street, Boston. The Walker brothers produced a large corpus of works, most of which focused on travel and tourism in New England. Walker also established the Walker-Gordon Milk Laboratory with Dr. Thomas Morgan Rotch and Gustave Gordon. This interesting investment was based on the premise that infant deaths could be avoided by providing higher quality milk. The company eventually became a great success, producing a high-quality cow milk that closely resembled human breast milk. In the process the Walker-Gordon laboratory developed many of the dairy health standards that are still with us today. Walker married Irene L. Loud on March 25, 1885. More by this mapmaker...


Union News Company (fl. c. 1890 - 1969) was founded by William Skelly in the late 1800's and operated until the late 1960s. After the railroads opened it became custom to have boys -newsboys- pass through the cars with waters, newspapers, and other small amenities. Skelly was the first newsboy on the railroad and became well known among railroad passengers. He gradually increased his facilities, hiring additional newsboys, until he virtually monopolized the railroad, and later steamship, news business. He made a small fortune and used this to found the Union News Company. The company was first known for the sales of newspapers in stations until it was able to expand and being selling papers on the train and in station restaurants. Union News continued to grow becoming major distributors of postcards and other printed items through their newsstands at hotels, rail and subway stations. The company officially folded in 1969. Learn More...

Condition


Excellent. Light wear along original fold lines. Accompanied by original binder.

References


Not in OCLC.