button to main menu Trade Card Maps 1860s-90s

map type:-
Trade Card Maps 1860s-90s
image


Trade cards of the late 19th century sometimes included a map, perhaps of an area around the hotel that issued the card. The same map might be found on more than one card, possibly with the hotel name overprinted.
(example Carlisle Library (182))
inscription:- printed top
VICINITY OF GRASMERE
inscription:- printed bottom
EIGHT MILES ROUND THE PRINCE OF WALES LAKE HOTEL
wxh, sheet:- 8.5x10.5cm
diam, map:- 80mm
sources:- Carlisle Library Maps

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Carlisle Library : Map 105 -- trade card
   Carlisle Library : Map 106 -- trade card
   Carlisle Library : Map 107 -- map -- Vicinity of Grasmere
   Carlisle Library : Map 108 -- trade card -- Map of the Vicinity of Ambleside
   Carlisle Library : Map 109 -- trade card