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Bacon's Standard Map of North America.

  • ARTIST: G. Bacon F.R.G.S.

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Weber Costello Company, Chicago.

  • MEDIUM: Wax lithograph.

    DATE: 1923

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 46 1/4 x 36" (101.7 x 91.5 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Large, segmented wall map, backed with linen. Based on the union of two school supply houses, C. F. Weber & Co. and A. H. Andrews & Co., the Weber Costello Company was founded in Chicago in 1907 and rapidly became the dominant globe manufacturer in the United States. The company went out of business after World War II.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Occasional small area of image loss around the edges, showing the underlying linen.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps