Map of California with insets of San Francisco Bay Region & Los Angeles Region, 1917

Rand McNally

Map of California with insets of San Francisco Bay Region & Los Angeles Region, 1917

From: Rand McNally's International Atlas of the World

Chicago/New York: 1917

Hand-colored lithograph

Sheet Dimensions: 22.25 x 14 in.

Frame Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.25 in.

A vibrant map of California highlighting the Los Angeles region, including Orange, San Bernadino and Riverside. Along with an inset of the San Francisco Bay and a legend of principal cities in California.

The Renowned Rand McNally was founded in 1868 in Chicago, Illinois by William Rand and Andrew McNally after working for the Chicago Tribune and eventually buying out their printing business. Their initial focus was printing tickets and timetables for the blooming railroad industry. They grew into creating railroad guides and then moved into publishing educational maps in 1880 with its first line of maps, globes, and geography textbooks. They have been recognized for their world atlases, becoming one of the leading American Atlas companies of the 19^th and 20^th century.