Just after the completion of the CPR, here is a potential nemesis - the expanding St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba (later the Great Northern Railway) of JJ Hill.
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| from: Folder H, January 25 1889, St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway at archive.org |
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| from: Folder H, January 25 1889, St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway at archive.org |
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The following images come from an 1887 Official Guide.
Before anyone conceived of acid-free paper, this publication was intended for a few months' service.
About 130 years later, it is too fragile to place on a scanner so the pages are photographed.
In some cases circular holes - acid + atmospheric humidity - can be seen in the paper.
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| from: Travellers' Official Guide; Dec 1887; National Railway Publication Co. |
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| from: Travellers' Official Guide; Dec 1887; National Railway Publication Co. |
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| from: Travellers' Official Guide; Dec 1887; National Railway Publication Co. |
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| from: Travellers' Official Guide; Dec 1887; National Railway Publication Co. |
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Finally, these two maps segments come from the 1889 Folder H.
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| from: Folder H, January 25 1889, St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway at archive.org |
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| from: Folder H, January 25 1889, St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway at archive.org |