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1911 Green View of the Adirondacks, Lake George, Lake Champlain
LakesGeorgeChamplain-poole-1911$175.00
Title
Lake Champlain and Lake George.
1911 (dated) 18.25 x 32.5 in (46.355 x 82.55 cm)
1911 (dated) 18.25 x 32.5 in (46.355 x 82.55 cm)
Description
An impressive 1911 bird's-eye view of the Adirondack Mountains, Lake George, Lake Champlain, and environs drawn by H. H. Green and published by Poole Brothers. Sponsored by the Delaware and Hudson Company and the Champlain Transportation Company, it advertises the region's natural beauty and amenities to attract potential tourists.
Towns, waterways, and mountains are labeled, along with competing railroads, though much less prominently than the Delaware and Hudson. Text and photos at top provide information and praise the region. A list of hotels is included, among them the magnificent Fort William Henry Hotel, opened in 1855 (illustrated at the southern end of Lake George). Presumably, this pamphlet would have been made available to potential travelers in New York and other cities with rail connections to the Delaware and Hudson system.
A Closer Look
Oriented towards the west, this view extends from Albany and Schenectady at south to Montreal at north, with Burlington, Rutland, and other communities in Vermont in the foreground, and the lakes and the Adirondacks behind them. The routes of the Delaware and Hudson Company and the Champlain Transportation Company are traced, with the former's railways indicated by thick red lines and the latter's steamboats by dashed lines. Both companies were well-established operators, with the Delaware and Hudson starting with canals in the 1820s before moving to railroads in the 1860s, and the Champlain Transportation Company beginning horse ferry services on its namesake lake in the 1820s and switching to steamboats in the 1850s.Towns, waterways, and mountains are labeled, along with competing railroads, though much less prominently than the Delaware and Hudson. Text and photos at top provide information and praise the region. A list of hotels is included, among them the magnificent Fort William Henry Hotel, opened in 1855 (illustrated at the southern end of Lake George). Presumably, this pamphlet would have been made available to potential travelers in New York and other cities with rail connections to the Delaware and Hudson system.
Publication History and Census
This view was drawn by Hiram Herald Green (also known as Hiram Howard Green), copyrighted by A. A. Heard, and published by Poole Brothers in 1911. It was reissued until at least 1927 in similar advertising pamphlets for the region (such as lakegeorgechamplain-green-1916). An identically titled map sponsored by the same companies was published in 1909 and 1910 by Matthews-Northrup Works but appears to have been quite different in presentation. The present edition of the brochure and view is only listed among the holdings of the Brooklyn Public Library and the Brooklyn Historical Society and is scarce to the market.CartographerS
Poole Brothers (fl. c. 1880 - 1968) were a Chicago based firm active in the late 19th and early 20th century with an initial focus on promotional railroad maps. Poole Brothers was founded by George Amos Poole, one of the original four partners in the firm that would become Rand McNally, and his brother William H. Poole. Poole started his own firm, Poole Brothers, as a direct competitor to Rand McNally for the lucrative railroad business. Like many of its competitors, Poole Brothers maintained an office on Chicago's Printer's Row (downtown Loop district). Nevertheless, the two firms, along with Cram and Company, seem to have come to an accord, at least with regard to price-fixing, for which they were cited by the Federal Trade Commission in 1948. Their earliest known work is an 1880 map of Yellowstone National Park. Afterward they went on to produce a vast range of maps and other print products including tickets, cards, coupons, and restaurant menus. In time Poole Brothers merged with Newman-Randolph, which was then acquired by the American Can Company in the early 1960s. The American Can Company liquidated its printing concerns later in the same decade. More by this mapmaker...
Hiram Harold Green (1865 - 1930) was an American artist, painter, etcher, and illustrator active in New York and Ontario, Canada. He was most well known for his birds-eye views of Niagara Falls for Buffalo, New York newspapers and for Liberty Loan propaganda posters for the U.S. government during World War I. Born in Paris, New York, Green began his art studies in Buffalo in 1898 before continuing his education at the Art Students League in New York City. Around 1905, Green moved to Fort Erie, Ontario, where he began working for Buffalo newspapers and commercial art companies. Learn More...
Condition
Good. Some wear along fold lines, most prominently at the right side of the centerfold, which has been expertly repaired after an earlier clumsy repair.
References
OCLC 897471550.