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    "title": "Illustrated map of the route of Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc.",
    "description": "Relief shown by shading.",
    "date": "[\"[1929]\"]",
    "year": 1929,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_017974",
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        "Rand McNally and Company",
        "Transcontinental Air Transport"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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        "Airways--United States--Maps",
        "Transcontinental Air Transport"
    ],
    "subjectsGeographic": [
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        "United States"
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    "pubPlace": "[New York]",
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    "extent": "1 map : color ; 22 x 66, on sheet 38 x 81 cm, folded in covers 20 x 11 cm",
    "notes": [
        "Relief shown by shading.",
        "Shows route from New York and Washington to Los Angeles and San Francisco.",
        "Includes vertical profile.",
        "Views and illustrations of 30 cities and landmarks in border around map.",
        "\"7134 New York 6-29.\"",
        "Verso: Descriptive text, map showing extent of the TAT weather bureau, and flight log.",
        "Boston Public Library copy has certificate of flight and flight log recorded for Mr. Norman Swan on August 8th, 1929."
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