Boston elevated railway system map

Panel title (on verso): System map, Boston Elevated Railway
"No. 1. September 1936"--Title panel.
"Richard F. Lufkin, cartographer, Boston."
"Buck Printing Co. ... Boston."--On verso.
Shows elevated railway, subway, bus, and "trolley-coach" lines, and includes "index to public buildings and places of historical and recreational interest." Verso includes directory of 121 numbered "routes and times of first and last trips."
Scale [ca. 1:41,400]
Inset (14 x 11 cm.): Boston Elevated Railway lines in central Boston. Scale [ca. 1:21,700]. Coordinates: (W 71°04ʹ31ʺ--W 71°02ʹ40ʺ/N 42°22ʹ07ʺ--N 42°20ʹ22ʺ).
Directions for folding the map divided on both sides of the sheet.

Citation

Lufkin, Richard Friend, "Boston Elevated Railway System Map" ([Boston, Mass.] : Boston Elevated Railway Company, c1936). Map4C G3764.B6P33 1936 .L83

Newberry Call Number:

map4C G3764.B6P33 1936 .L83

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Geographic Area Covered:

Massachusetts--Boston

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map : color ; 59 x 44 cm., on sheet 77 x 46 cm., folded to 16 x 8 cm.

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Newberry Library

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