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  2. Rand McNally - Wikipedia

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    By 1930, Rand McNally had two major road map competitors, General Drafting and Gousha, the latter of which was founded by a former Rand McNally sales representative. The Rand McNally Auto Chum, later to become the ubiquitous Rand McNally Road Atlas, debuted in 1924. The first full-color edition was published in 1960 and in 1993, it became fully ...

  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. Randy McNally - Wikipedia

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    Education. University of Memphis ( BS) University of Tennessee, Memphis ( MPharm) Website. Government website. James Rand McNally III (born January 30, 1944) is an American politician. He is the 50th lieutenant governor of Tennessee. A member of the Republican Party, he has been the state senator from the 5th district since 1987.

  5. Agloe, New York - Wikipedia

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    A general store was alleged to exist at the intersection on the map and was given the name Agloe General Store because the name was on the Esso maps. Long time residents and land owners contend that no store ever existed at the location. They believe Rand McNally bought the parcel though a front company to shield themselves from liability.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Andrew McNally - Wikipedia

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    A printer by trade, he moved to Chicago in 1858 and got a job in a print shop owned by William H. Rand at a wage of $9 per week. In 1873, McNally and William H. Rand incorporated Rand, McNally & Co. With William H. Rand as President and McNally as Vice President. Rand, McNally & Co. becoming one of the largest and best-known map publishers in ...

  8. Time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rand McNally Standard Map of the United States, 1921, showing boundaries different from today See also: Standard time in the United States Before the adoption of four standard time zones for the continental United States, many towns and cities set their clocks to noon when the sun passed their local meridian , pre-corrected for the equation of ...

  9. Kon-Tiki expedition - Wikipedia

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    Kon-Tiki expedition. The Kon-Tiki raft at the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo. The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Inca god Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name.

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