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Creator:
G.W. Bacon & Co
Title(s):

Bacon's large print map of London and suburbs [cartographic material].

Additional Title(s):

Large print map of London and suburbs

Bacon's large-print map of London and suburbs with guide.

Large-print map of London and suburbs with guide

Strangers' guide to London.

Published/Created:
[London] : G.W. Bacon & Co., [ca. 1910?]
Physical Description:
1 map : col. ; 69.2 x 85.6 cm, folded in cover 19 x 12 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G5754.L7 B37 1910 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
G5754.L7 B37 1910 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9882320
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:26,500] -- (W 0°19ʹ30ʺ--E 0°0ʹ58ʺ/N 51°34ʹ48ʺ--N 51°24ʹ47ʺ).
Notes:
Map of the London metropolitan area, showing tram and bus routes, railways, public buildings, and boundaries of counties and postal districts.
Cover title, on publisher's cloth folder: Bacon's large-print map of London and suburbs with guide.
The map is undated. The Edgware branch of the Northern Line (London Underground) includes Golders Green station (opened 1907) but not Brent Cross station (opened 1923). The map also depicts the grounds of the Franco-British Exhibition, which were erected in 1908.
Accompanied by text and index: Strangers' guide to London (62 p.).
Includes key to railway abbreviations.
Another version of the present map lacks the demarcation of postal districts (present here).
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in publisher's original red cloth folder. With booklet, Strangers' guide to London (62 p.).
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in publisher's original red cloth folder. With booklet, Strangers' guide to London (62 p.).
Subject Terms:
London (England) -- Guidebooks.
London (England) -- Maps.
London Metropolitan Area (England) -- Maps.
Form/Genre:
Maps.
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