1906 Northern Pacific Railway 'Pointer' Dog Map of the Western United States
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Title
Mark! When you want a Pointer regarding your western trip…
1906 (dated) 5.5 x 8.5 in (13.97 x 21.59 cm) 1 : 13450000
1906 (dated) 5.5 x 8.5 in (13.97 x 21.59 cm) 1 : 13450000
Description
An utterly charming 1896 lithograph pictorial map issued to promote travel to the Pacific Northwest via the Northern Pacific Railway. This map was issued in 1896 by Charles S. Fee, general passenger agent for the Northern Pacific Railway. It covers the western part of the United States roughly from the Great Lakes to the Pacific. Superimposed upon the map is the image of an English Pointer dog in classic 'pointer' pose. The dog's head, spine, and tail illustrate the course of the Northern Pacific Railway from Duluth, Minnesota to Olympia, Washington. Promotional copy overlaying the map reads,
Mark! When you want a Pointer regarding your western trip call on your nearest ticket agent or district passenger agent on the Northern Pacific Railway Co. or address Chas. S. Fee General Passenger Agent St. Paul, Minn.A list of passenger agents is printed on the verso.
Publication History and Census
This map was engraved and printed for the Northern Pacific by Poole Brothers of Chicago. It is quite rare, with only a single 'digital' example listed at the OCLC and one at the Washington State Historical Society. This map was printed in several different formats. We have encountered it printed on stationary and, as here, in the form of a print magazine advertisement.Cartographer
Charles Sumner Fee (September 24, 1853 - September 25, 1923) was an American railroad man active in the American Midwest and California during the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Fee was born in Laurel, Ohio. Fee began his railroad career in 1873 as general secretary to the manager of the Michigan Central Railway. In 1877 he took a position as H. E. Sargent's secretary at the Northern Pacific Railroad, which at the time had only about 400 miles of track. In 1883, he was promoted to Northern Pacific General Passenger Agent, a position he held until 1904, when he took over E. O. McCormic's position as passenger and traffic manager of the San Francisco office of the Southern Pacific Railroad. He was one of the directors of the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Fee died in San Francisco in 1923, at the time he was still working at the Southern Pacific Railroad. More by this mapmaker...
Condition
Fair. Area of infill along borrom border effecting printed ara in California. Closed tear extending one inch into printed area from bottom margin professionally repaired on verso. Closed margin tears professionally repaired on verso. List of General and District Passenger Agents printed on verso.
References
OCLC 611611768. Washington State Historical Society, EPH 385.061/ N814m 1896.