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George F. Cram (1842-1928), or George Franklin Cram, was an American mapmaker and businessman. During the Civil War, Cram served under General William Tecumseh Sherman and participated in his March to the Sea. His letters of that time are now important sources for historians of the Civil War. In 1867, Cram and his uncle, Rufus Blanchard, began the company known by their names in Evanston, Illinois.

Two years later, Cram became sole proprietor and the company was henceforth known as George F. Cram Co. Specializing in atlases, Cram was one of the first American companies to publish a world atlas. One of their most famous products was the Unrivaled Atlas of the World, in print from the 1880s to the 1950s.

Cram died in 1928, seven years after he had merged the business with that of a customer, E.A. Peterson. The new company still bore Cram’s name. Four years later, the Cram Company began to make globes, a branch of the business that would continue until 2012, when the company ceased to operate. For the final several decades of the company’s existence it was controlled by the Douthit family, who sold it just before the company was shuttered.   

Place/Date:
Chicago / 1885
Size:
27 x 38 inches
Condition:
See Description
Stock#:
100816
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101211
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
101217
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
30 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101219
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
20 x 27.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101220
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101215
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
15 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101206
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
15 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
101205
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1871
Size:
23.8 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
88016
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
16 x 20.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101216
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101203
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
16.5 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101201
Place/Date:
Indianapolis / 1939
Size:
23 x 28.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
83320
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1886
Size:
16 x 22.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
101098
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
101221
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
14 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101212
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101204
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101202
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1887
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89129
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1888
Size:
15.5 x 20 inches (sheet size)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93994
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1888
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
81816
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1888
Size:
16.5 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
88539
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
Size:
16 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
90441
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
Size:
25 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
90495
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
Size:
24 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
90554
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
Size:
9 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
92366
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1883
Size:
19.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
97105
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1886
Size:
16.5 x 22.25 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
97268
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
21 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101209
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1891
Size:
16 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
101095
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1888
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
82417
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1887
Size:
16 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89415
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1899 circa
Size:
9 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
92353
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1883
Size:
20.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
97255
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1887
Size:
16 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
98099
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1891
Size:
12 x 18.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
98314
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1895
Size:
22.8 x 16.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101104
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1895
Size:
16 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
103045
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892 circa
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72829
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
Size:
16.5 x 24.5 inches Including Text
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
90104

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Place/Date:
Chicago / 1882
Size:
38.5 x 28 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
35113mb
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1899
Size:
13 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
69551
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
31 x 37 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51466
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101207
Place/Date:
/ 1878
Size:
Condition:
Stock#:
14705
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1879
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
36927
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
88232
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15004
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
23 x 18.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101210
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1879
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
22219
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1879
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43087
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
65307
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15003
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1881
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
59158
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1915 circa
Size:
52 x 41 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101230
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1915
Size:
52 x 41 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
39125
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
58696
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
48429
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1885
Size:
40.5 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41036
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
15.5 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
47186
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1879
Size:
24 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
31489
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15005
Place/Date:
/ 1870
Size:
Condition:
Stock#:
14703
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1879
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
31488
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
14834
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
14829
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
14830
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
14833
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15006
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15007
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15008
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1894
Size:
23 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
15707