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Rand McNally s Handy Map Of New York City Circa 1908
arrow Subway construction in 1908 Courtesy of the NYPL
In the mid-19th century, William Rand and Andrew McNally combined forces at a small printing shop in Chicago that turned into Rand McNally, one of the most successful creators of maps, navigation, road travel, and trip planning in American history. Rand McNally published its first map in 1872; it published its first road map, the
New Automobile Road Map of New York City & Vicinity, in 1904.
A few years later, the company put out its New Handy Map of New York City, showing subways, railroads, and a complete street system covering Manhattan, the South Bronx, and parts of Queens, Brooklyn, and New Jersey.