Wholesale Galbraith's Railway Mail Service Maps, Iowa in 1897

Old map of Iowa, United States. scale pictorial maps of midwestern states showing routes and post offices of the Railway Mail Service. Designed by Chicago railway mail clerk Frank H. Galbraith to help employees of the Railway Mail Service quickly locate counties and post offices. The maps were rented for practicing or prospective workers who numbered over 6,000 and traveled over a million miles a year on the rails sorting mail. A printed title cartouche accompanied by a list of counties for each of the states by McEwen Map Company of Chicago is pasted on the maps. For published maps showing the routes of the mail service see entries 283 and 313. Created by Frank H. Galbraith, United States. Railway Mail Service in 1897. * Scale not given. * Description derived from published bibliography. Map Subjects Iowa Railroads United States Frank H. Galbraith United States. Railway Mail Service 1897