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Stock# 82710
Description
Early 20th Century locally published guide map published by D. Frank Dreher, 1917-1918 edition.
Includes advertising for the Bancroft Bros. Co., the Hallmark Store -- Jewelry of Quality, along with Heaton'd Music Store, the Marietta Paint & Color Col, Reynold Brothers manufacturing, and the Chittenden Hotel, Hotel Norwich, Hotel Virginia Grill and the Hotel Vendome.
A nice example of an early edition of Dreher's Simplex Street and House Number guide with Map of the city of Columbus (Ohio).
Prominent landmarks shown in green include
- Ohio State University
- Neil Baseball Field
- US Barracks
- Capital University
- Union Station
- St. Mary's of the Springs Academy
- Scioto Country Club
- Ohio State Fair Grounds
- State Capitol
- Ohio Penitentiary
- Ohio State Hospital for the Insane
- Ohio Institution for the Feeble Minded
- Ohio Inst. for the Blind
- Ohio Inst. for the Deaf
- St. Mary's Children's Home
- Goodale Park
- Schiller Park
- Livingston Park
- Columbus Driving Park
- Franklin County Infirmary
- Franklin Park
- Nelson Park
The map was offered for sale by McClelland & Co. Columbus' Largest Book Store. Shows:
- City Car Lines
- Interurban Railways
- Steam Railways
- City Boundary
- Village Boundaries
- Township Lines
- Improved Streets & Roads
- Unimproved Streets & Roads
Condition Description
Minor staing and some loss at one fold intersection.
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