Title: St. Louis and Vicinity [Printed on Silk!]
Map Maker:
Fred. Graf Lithographers
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Place / Date: St. Louis / 1892
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Coloring: Colored
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Size: 28.5 x 22.5 inches
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Condition: VG
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Price:
SOLD
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Inventory ID: 20636
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Description: Rare example of a map on silk, showing St. Louis, Missouri on the Mississippi River. The street car lines are shown in blue. Issued compliments of E.S. Guignon & Bro., Real Estate Agents. Not in "Threads of History: America Recorded on Cloth 1775 to the Present" by H.R. Collins.
Emile Simon Guignon was a real estate developer in St. Louis at the end of the 19th Century. The present map was printed 6 years after the creation of the firm of E.S. Guignon & Bro.
Condition Description: Minor soiling and separation a fold intersections.
Related Categories:
Maps of Midwest America
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