Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas of the United States: Golden Aniversary Celebration. (Facsimile of the Original 1926 Atlas) by Rand McNally - 1974

Chicago and New York and San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1974 Rand McNally & Company, Chicago and New York and San Francisco. 1974. Hardcover. Presentation copy from United States Steal Southern Steel Division VP/GM Haran W. Bullard. Golden Anniversary Celebration edition. Facsimile Reproduction of the oldest existing Rand-McNally Road Atlas printed in commemoration of 50 years of continuous Road Atlas publishing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Presentation information pasted to FFFP. 96 pp 4to. Padded blue leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and border decorations in gilt on the front board. Rand McNally has been producing Road Maps since 1917 when identification of highways by number was first conceived but the first Road Atlas was in 1924 which carried the same cover design as this 1926 Road Atlas. Rand McNally was first among commercial mapmakers and government agencies to send men out in the field nationwide to post trail markers along the roads to match the company's road maps. A clean pristine copy.