Railway and highway map of the famous Berkshire Hills region, showing also villages and points of interest: From official records and other information.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Walter Watson for the Berkshire Life Insurance Company, Pittsfield, Mass.

• MEDIUM: Three color roto-lithograph.

  DATE: 1883. (1896)

• EDITION SIZE: 29 3/4 x 21 7/8" (755 x 555 mm) plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: The map lays out the railways and highways of the Berkshire Hills region in 1896 in great detail. A key in the upper right identifies main roads, school houses, cemeteries, churches and railroad stations. Below that is a descriptive excerpt from "Taghconic," by F.E.A. Smith. A vignette shows "View of the Berkshire Hills. Greylock Peak from the south end of Lake Onota." The 1883 edition has a second vignette showing the company's headquarters building, removed in this 1896 edition. According to the Harvard University Gazette, Oct. 24, 2002, this map is widely regarded as the first 'free' road map ever distributed mainly for use by touring bicyclists.

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• CONDITION: Very good condition and color.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps