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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 ...
The H.M. Gousha Company was one of the "Big Three" major producers of road maps and atlases in the United States during the 25 years following World War II, making maps for free distribution by oil companies and auto clubs. Following the end of the free-road-map era, Gousha distributed maps through retailers, and published a number of travel ...
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.
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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 ...
From Marvel to New Balance, take a look at these six old-school companies that have suddenly become cool again. Wilder Shaw / Cheapism. 1. Polaroid. Founded: 1937. Poloroid’s gone through some ...
Hammond Map or Hammond World Atlas Corporation is an American map company. It was formerly an operating subsidiary of the Langenscheidt Publishing Group, a major map publisher in the United States, but was sold to Universal Map, an affiliate of Kappa Publishing Group, in 2010. Langenscheidt retained the rights to Hammond Publishing products.
Old Military Trail Charles City to McGregor. Perry Pike Guthrie Center to Ogden. Pershing Way New Orleans, La. to Winnipeg, Man. Rainbow Trail Hawarden to Dubuque. Red Ball Route St. Louis, Mo. to St. Paul, Minn. Red Line Route Missouri state line to Villisca. Red X Route — 87 miles (140 km) Iowa City to Dubuque Current routes: Iowa Highway 1 ...