Clason's Guide Map of New Mexico

Date1918

Mediumink on paper

Dimensions18 1/8 × 18 in. (46 × 45.7 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase 1983 General Obligation Bonds

Object numberPC1984.69.1

DescriptionThis map is attached to guidebook that features distance markers between towns and is cream, green, red, and black. The book cover is a light green with an individual depicted with one arm raised and a map in the other hand. The map details routes through New Mexico with each county separated into smaller squares and outlined in green and black dotted lines. A legend at the bottom details the railroads, county lines, Indigenous boundaries, and National Forest boundaries. Numbers descend on either side and letter go from A to L horizontally to mark the coordinates on the map and a long index of cities and towns plus their populations appears on the right side of the folded map.

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