NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY FOR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. PUGET SOUND AND ALASKA [cover title]

[Chicago?]: The company, 1897. Promotional brochure, tipped into a folding wallet style manilla envelope, with a photo illustration of Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, and a printed return address for the park in the upper left corner, space to the right for an address and stamp. This copy unused. Single sheet, 62 x 47 cm., folded to 20 x 9 cm. A full color topographical birdseye view map of the Yellowstone Park, lithographed by Poole Bros. of Chicago, and copyrighted in 1895 by Chas. S. Fee occupies one side of the sheet; verso has 15 panels, comprised of 10 panels of text (3 of which have a photo illustration), 1 small map of the "Northern Pacific Railway and Connections," a 2-panel map of the Alaska coastline (showing Vancouver Island and the Hecate Strait), and one title panel. A very good, crisp copy. The aerial view topographical map of Yellowstone is rendered in striking detail. Rumsey 4118, dates the map from the copyright that is printed on it, 1895. We take our date from the text which shows excursion ticket rates for the 1897 season. OCLC: Univ. of CT; SMU; Univ. of Wyoming; Brigham Young.