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    "title": "New map of the American overland route showing its connections, and land grants of 30,000,000 acres",
    "description": "America Transformed: This map marks the route of the first transcontinental railroad, constructed between 1863 and 1869. Two railroad companies constructed the route. The Central Pacific worked eastward from Sacramento, and the Union Pacific worked westward from Omaha. Congress approved land grants and 30-year bonds to finance construction. These companies employed thousands of immigrant laborers, including Irish, German, and Chinese immigrants to lay the tracks. While the map blatantly promotes land sales, border illustrations highlight important landmarks along the route, including the Mormon temple and tabernacle in Salt Lake City.",
    "date": "[\"[ca. 1870–1879]\"]",
    "year": 1870,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_016060",
    "creators": [
        "Rand McNally and Company"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
    ],
    "subjects": [
        "Railroads--United States--Maps",
        "Railroads--West (U.S.)--Maps",
        "Railroad land grants--West (U.S.)--Maps",
        "United States--Maps",
        "Union Pacific Railroad Company"
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    "subjectsGeographic": [
        "North and Central America",
        "United States"
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    "pubPlace": "Chicago",
    "publisher": "Rand, McNally & Co."
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    "extent": "1 map : color ; 43 x 90 cm",
    "notes": [
        "Shows Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha to San Francisco, its land grants, other railroads, proposed railroads, and stage routes.",
        "Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.",
        "Includes 21 illustrations of scenic views and historic sites in margins.",
        "Red overprint on map: Union Pacific Railroad Line, Land Department. 12,000,000 acres of the best lands in America for sale. For maps, descriptive pamphlets, rates, &c., apply to O.F. Davis, Land Commissioner, Omaha. I.S. Hodsdon, General Agent, 60 Clark St., Chicago.",
        "\"This map accompanies every copy of Rand, McNally & Co.'s railway guide.\"",
        "\"A.N. Towne, Gen'l. Supt. T.H. Goodman, Gen'l Passenger and Ticket Agent, C.P.R.R., San Francisco, Cal. S.H.H. Clark, Gen'l Sup't. Thos. L. Kimball, Gen'l Passenger and Ticket Agent, U.P.R.R., Omaha, Nebraska.\""
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