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2. Rand McNally - Wikipedia

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   Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways. One of its cartographers, John Brink, invented a system that was first published in 1917 on a map of Peoria, Illinois. In addition to creating maps with numbered roads, Rand McNally also erected many of the actual roadside highway signs.

3. Ranally city rating system - Wikipedia

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   The Ranally city rating system is a tool developed by Rand McNally & Co. to classify U.S. cities based on their economic function. The system is designed to reflect an underlying hierarchy whereby consumers and businesses go to a city of a certain size for a certain function; some functions are widely available and others are only available in the largest cities.

4. File:Rand, McNally and Co. Map of the Houston and Texas ...

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   English: This folding railroad promotional brochure map is a fine example of a late nineteenth-century American railway map by one of the most important American railway mapmakers and publishers still in business today: Rand, McNally and Company of Chicago. Established in 1858 as a printing company, by 1873 the firm was known for its railroad ...

5. Lee Highway - Wikipedia

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   Lee Highway logo from 1925 Rand McNally Auto Trails Map. The Lee Highway was a national auto trail in the United States , connecting New York City [ dubious – discuss ] and San Francisco , California, via the South and Southwest .

6. File:Rand, McNally and co.'s handy guide to Boston and ...

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   Title: Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Boston and environs .. Year: 1906 Authors: Subjects: Publisher: Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book

7. Jefferson Davis Highway - Wikipedia

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   For instance, there is the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway which extends from Miami, Florida to Los Angeles (but not to San Francisco); and there is another Jefferson Davis Highway shown on the Rand-McNally maps which extends from Fairview, Kentucky the site of the Jefferson Davis monument, by a very circuitous route to New Orleans, but I find ...