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Rand McNally began publishing educational maps in 1880 with its first line of maps, globes, and geography textbooks, soon followed by a world atlas. The company began publishing general literature in 1884 with its first title, The Secret of Success, and the Textbook department was established in 1894 with The Rand McNally Primary School Geography.
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.
Andrew McNally III FRGS (1909-2001) was an American printer and publisher. He led the company Rand McNally from 1948 to 1974. McNally was born on August 17, 1909. He was educated at The Hill School. He graduated from Yale in 1931. [1] He ran the firm Rand McNally from 1948 to 1974. Under his leadership, important geographical advances were made ...
The former Thomas Bros. building, 17731 Cowan, Irvine, California. Thomas Guide is a series of paperback, spiral-bound atlases featuring detailed street maps of various large metropolitan areas in the United States, including Boise, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Phoenix, Portland, Reno-Tahoe, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle, Tucson, and Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
William H. Rand. William H. Rand. William Henry Rand (May 2, 1828 – June 20, 1915) was an American printer and co-founder of the Rand McNally publishing company. He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and as a young man was an apprentice at his brothers' print shop in Boston. He was enticed west in September 1849, by the California Gold Rush.
Contents. Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Resources/Map database. arch. This is a database of users and the maps that they have. If you have a question regarding a road in a specific area and time, and a user has a map from that area and time period, they may be able to help. If you have a map, please add your name below.
1056737 [1] Buena Vista is an unincorporated community in Green Township, Fayette County, Ohio, United States. It is located at the intersection of Greenfield-Sabina Road (Fayette County Highway 5) and Stafford Road (Fayette County Highway 3), about 5 miles south of Washington Court House. [2] Rattlesnake Creek flows near the town site.
It is located at the intersection of Ohio State Route 739 and Cunningham-Arbela Road. [2] Arbela was platted on July 25, 1838, by Marquis L. Osborne. Although Arbela was initially given 40 lots, not much of a town was ever built, only a school, grocer, and gunsmith. [3] The Arbela Post Office was established October 24, 1887, and discontinued ...