MAP OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY [Iowa]

Chicago: A. T. Andreas / Lakeside Press, 1875. 14 1/4 inches by 17 1/2 inches. Original color map lithographed by Charles Shober for Andreas" 1875 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE STATE OF IOWA. It is a map of Pottawattamie County lithographed in light blue with darker blue lines delineating township borders. The county map is highly detailed: in addition to cities, towns, roads, railroads, and rivers. there are pictorial representations of farm houses (with names of owners), churches, school houses, post offices, blacksmith shops, cemeteries, quarries, lime kilns, timberland, swamps, creeks, and bluffs. There is a decorative border around the map. On the verso is a lithographed city plan with all streets and lots for Council Bluffs, Iowa. The plan is lithographed in pink, with a darker pink setting off additions and wards. The decorative border from the recto (front) is repeated on the verso. Both sides are bright, attractive, and suitable for framing. The paper is very lightly toned, and there is one 1" by 1/3 inch chip limited to the edge of the left margin outside the image.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by Charles Shober. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Map.